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US reaches $31.5 million settlement with T-Mobile over data breaches
Oct 2, 2024 11:41 PM

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - T-Mobile has

agreed to a $31.5 million settlement to resolve a probe by the

Federal Communications Commission into significant data breaches

over three years that impacted tens of millions of U.S.

consumers, the agency said Monday.

T-Mobile will pay a $15.75 million civil penalty and has

agreed to spend another $15.75 million over two years to

strengthen its cybersecurity program. The FCC said T-Mobile

suffered data breaches in 2021, 2022, and 2023 that impacted

millions of current, former, or prospective T-Mobile customers.

The 2021 breach alone impact 76.6 million U.S. consumers.

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