July 24, 2024 at 08:39AM Telecommunications provider TracFone Wireless has agreed to a $16 million civil penalty to settle investigations into three data breaches involving the compromise of customer information. The breaches, occurring between Jan 2021 and Jan 2023, exploited APIs and led to unauthorized access to customer information. TracFone will implement an information security … Read more
February 12, 2024 at 01:50PM The US Federal Communications Commission has introduced updated reporting requirements for telecom companies, mandating a seven-day reporting window for disclosing system breaches to the FCC, FBI, and US Secret Service. Additional provisions include notifying customers of breaches and expanding the types of data that require notification. The new rule goes … Read more
November 18, 2023 at 10:32PM The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has introduced new rules to protect consumers from SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud. These scams involve criminals taking control of a victim’s phone number to gain unauthorized access to personal accounts and sensitive information. The FCC’s updated regulations require wireless service providers to implement … Read more