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T-Mobile pays $16M fine for three years' worth of data breaches
Breaches in three consecutive years lead to $16M fine and new security protocols.
"To settle these investigations, T-Mobile will pay a civil penalty of $15,750,000 and commit to spending an additional $15,750,000 over the next two years to strengthen its cybersecurity program, and develop and implement a compliance plan to protect consumers against similar data breaches in the future," the FCC said. T-Mobile will "address foundational security flaws, work to improve cyber hygiene, and adopt robust modern architectures, like zero trust and phishing-resistant multifactor authentication," the agency said. "Today's mobile networks are top targets for cybercriminals... We will continue to send a strong message to providers entrusted with this delicate information that they need to beef up their systems or there will be consequences," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said.
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