IMO, no penalty (tmobile or binns) is too severe for this intrusion. The idea that 50M SSN's are out there is very unsettling.
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T-Mobile's Security is 'Awful' Says Hacker Who Stole Data From 50 Million Customers
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They need to get him and string him up by the short hairs. Then a lengthy prison term
How do we know if we are affected? I browsed their website and can't figure it out. In order to protect my stolen SSN, I need to give my SSN to McAfee?
Given that Equifax lost over 140 million in 2017, it doesn't even seem that shocking anymore. Just assume that your number is out there and do what you can to protect yourself (credit freezes etc.).
I was in a Zoom call today with a US company selling their "modern, sophisticated" cloud-based solution. The guy doing the demo was still using Internet Explorer for the demo and his Windows was unlicensed, so "Corporate America" doesn't surprise me. Apple's approach to technology avoids lots of these issues from the get-go. It's a security-first approach.
Yes, hold Apple to a high standard, but don't twist facts to serve your own intepretation.
Fact — Apple devices are more secure and have a privacy-first design. That can't be disputed.
You're right, this is always an option. But this also means that they are esentially playing second fiddle, and have no real control over the infrastructure that they are marketing and selling. We all know how much Apple likes to have full control from end to end, so I don't see this being something they would ever really pursue.
Was this a deliberate callback to this, or an accident?
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tmobile is awful in general, clueless customer service, bad reception, not surprised their security is that bad as well.
Was this a deliberate callback to this, or an accident?
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Not sure antitrust is an issue. Apple would have U S competition from AT&T, Verizon & T-Mobile not to mention all the various MVNOs. Even if Apple were to try to buy 1 of the big 3, I think it would eventually go through.
Problem is, nobody really can .... not for any length of time. I have many friends who work in "Computer Security" and the more I talk with them? The more I'm convinced it's just a way to earn a high salary because you're good at playing "whack a mole" as patches/fixes and recommended changes come along. (Well, that plus potentially being the "fall guy" in case things really blow up and the company needs someone to pin it on.)
They'll say things like "Security is a process, not a task to be completed." True -- but that's also admission of the fact nothing is truly secure.
IMO, you want to make sure you don't make things incredibly easy for wanna-be hackers and opportunists. No excuse to skip doing the firmware or software updates that come along, for example. But say you have 2,000 different routers out there at various locations all over the country. Are you certain all of them are on the latest update? Or is there maybe that one straggler that wasn't powered on (power outage at the site, perhaps?) during the time you scheduled a push of the updates to all of them? Is there one with defective flash memory so the unit runs fine but the firmware update just didn't "take" and it reverted to the previous one? Anything like this could provide the "hole" a hacker discovers as a way in -- and then it's easy for him to talk about your company's terrible security.
Didn’t the hacker also try to sell the data? That’s not just “generating noise”
1-Why is this giving his identity away? wouldn't that put him in jail for a loooong time?
2-Doesn't these corporates punish their security teams? I am sure they make big salaries to be the "cybersecurity" guys, can they like sue them or put them in jail for using such weak security when the corporate has paying them top notch salaries?
3-Doesn't the customers get reasonable compensation giving they stored my data and let it out based on THEIR responsibility. If BMW was to file their new car design to be copyrighted in a law office, and that law office stores it online and then it gets hacked and now the car design spread all over to the competition causing BMW massive loss in sales and competitive advantage.... who is responsible here?
2-Doesn't these corporates punish their security teams? I am sure they make big salaries to be the "cybersecurity" guys, can they like sue them or put them in jail for using such weak security when the corporate has paying them top notch salaries?
3-Doesn't the customers get reasonable compensation giving they stored my data and let it out based on THEIR responsibility. If BMW was to file their new car design to be copyrighted in a law office, and that law office stores it online and then it gets hacked and now the car design spread all over to the competition causing BMW massive loss in sales and competitive advantage.... who is responsible here?
Who needs security when you're the fastest US carrier?
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