Tag: AT&T
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CYBER Podcast: How We Learned Big Telecom Was Selling Location Data to Bounty Hunters
Recently, Motherboard sent $300 to a bounty hunter. Shortly after, he sent us a Google Maps screenshot with the real-time location data of …
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BitAngels founder files new lawsuit over theft of $24M in cryptocurrency
Michael Terpin, founder of the investment group BitAngels, has filed a civil suit and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations claim …
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Sprint To Stop Selling Location Data to Third Parties After Motherboard Investigation
Last week, Motherboard revealed that AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint had been selling their customers’ real-time location data that ultimately …
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“Stole $24 Million But Still Can’t Keep a Friend”
Unsettling new claims have emerged about Nicholas Truglia, a 21-year-old Manhattan resident accused of hijacking cell phone accounts to …
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Google Demanded T-Mobile, Sprint to Not Sell Google Fi Customers’ Location Data
On Thursday, AT&T announced it was stopping the sale of its customers’ real-time location data to all third parties, in response to a …
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Gemalto helps simplify and secure IoT connectivity to the AT&T network with eSIM and IoT module
Gemalto is helping simplify and secure IoT connectivity for AT&T customers by integrating its embedded SIM (eSIM) inside the Cinterion …
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Senators Call on FCC To Investigate T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint Selling Location Data to Bounty Hunters
On Tuesday, Motherboard revealed that major American telcos T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint are selling customer location data of users in an …
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Despite promises to stop, US cell carriers are still selling your real-time phone location data
Last year, four of the largest U.S. cell carriers were caught selling and sending real-time location data of their customers to shady …
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Carriers are still selling your location data, says new report
Bounty hunters and other perhaps sketchy figures have been buying people’s location data, according to a report published today by …
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SIM Swapping Victims Who Lost Millions Are Pressuring Telcos to Protect Their Customers
In the last year, hundreds—perhaps thousands—of people have had their phone numbers hijacked by hackers looking to steal their unique …
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Little FYI: Wi-Fi calling services on AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon are insecure, say boffins
Boffins from Michigan State University in the US and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have found that the Wi-Fi calling services …
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