Whoops! They Did it Again: T-Mobile’s Latest Data Breach is a Doozy
Release Date: 08/24/2021
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info_outlineWell, it happened again. For the fifth time in three years, T-Mobile, the nation’s second largest wireless carrier, has suffered a data breach that exposed highly sensitive personal information, affecting some 53 million current and past customers, as well as others who may have applied for T-Mobile accounts and were denied. Most alarmingly, it appears T-Mobile wasn’t aware that it had been hacked and the hackers claim to have already sold the first batch of data.
This 11-minute podcast with Kevin DiLallo, a Partner at LB3, and TC2’s Joe Schmidt takes a closer look at how this hack may influence how your enterprise conducts its business and offers up some much-needed guidance to help you protect your company and your data.
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