AT&T to pay $25 million civil penalty due to data breaches

[SuperCrunch]

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yikes! na-apil ang ato nasud.

unsa kahay epekto ani sa mga call centers natu diri? daku sad na nga penalty dah

kuyaw i-pull out sa AT&T ilang tanan accounts. tsk!

AT&T data breaches exposed about 280,000 U.S. customers' names and full or partial Social Security numbers, the government said.

The company agreed to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle an Federal Communications Commission investigation into the consumer privacy violations, the agency said Wednesday.


The breaches occurred at call centers used by AT&T in Mexico, Colombia, and the Philippines when employees accessed sensitive customer data without adequate authorization. Those employees took payment from third parties who were apparently interested in customer names and Social Security numbers so they could unlock stolen cell phones for sale on secondary markets, the FCC said.

AT&T data breaches revealed: 280K US customers exposed

[lstorya]

Interesting...

" the FCC also discovered that approximately 40 company employees in the Philippines and Colombia had accessed about 211,000 customer accounts for the same illicit purposes."

- aha kaha ni no?

"He added that the company is terminating some of its vendor sites "as appropriate." AT&T has changed some security policies and is reaching out to affected customers to provide additional information, he confirmed. "

- Yataps!

[Doge]

basin mao ni rason ngano grabe mag kapkap ang mga guard nya usa usahon ug tan.aw ang id sa mga empleyado sa amo opisina

[rockrhyan1982]

I received a text warning about this sa amo family plan.i hope ma.resolve ni,grabe raba kaayo ug penalty basta sensitive info na gani ma.exposed.

[lifebook11]

There are a lot of companies now being sued here for data breaches, specially ang mga tele companies. Hope you guys get to keep your jobs there.


Off: Ang lingaw ani kay after sa fees sa mga abogado, idivide na sa mga ni e-sign sa petition, gamay ra ug madawat. Katong naa pako sa Tmobile nka subscribe, pag human sa kaso ako nadawat kay $17 ra. hahaha

[im_jear]

basin mao ni rason ngano grabe mag kapkap ang mga guard nya usa usahon ug tan.aw ang id sa mga empleyado sa amo opisina

ato² lang, TP ka noh?

[Doge]

yep. hehe...


daghanag mawad.an trabaho ani.. tsk2x

[ghostie2472]

Dili jud ni kalikayan.. Basta naay higayon mo take advantage jud ang ubang mga tao for the sake of personal gain unya daghan kaayo ang ma apektohan. I wouldn't be surprised if dili na mo invest ang mga companies nga nag handle ug financial accounts diri sa pinas, this kind of breach has been around for several years na jud.

[Kenshiro]

Naa jud disadvantage if mag exploit og low salaried employees