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posted by LaminatorX on Thursday April 09 2015, @01:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Once-more-unto-the-breach dept.

Reuters is reporting on the FCC's settlement with AT&T over data breaches at foreign call centers. From the article:

The Federal Communications Commission reached a $25 million settlement with AT&T Inc over a consumer data breach at call centers in Mexico, Colombia and the Philippines, the U.S. communications regulator said on Wednesday.

The breaches led to unauthorized disclosure of names and full or partial Social Security numbers and illegal access to account information of about 280,000 U.S customers of AT&T, a senior FCC official told reporters on a conference call.

The data was used by call center employees to request handset-unlock codes for AT&T phones and shared with third parties who seem to have been trafficking stolen cell phones, the official said. The breaches occurred in 2013 and 2014.

AT&T said in a statement: "We are terminating vendor sites as appropriate. We’ve changed our policies and strengthened our operations."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Thursday April 09 2015, @02:06PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Thursday April 09 2015, @02:06PM (#168330)

    As AT&T puts it... "chump change"

    Now, terminating contracts with the vendors is good, hopefully that was part of the deal from the FCC. But if that is voluntary and the fine was monetary only, AT&T has learned nothing, and will simply do it again.

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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Thursday April 09 2015, @10:04PM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Thursday April 09 2015, @10:04PM (#168517) Journal

    The CEO probably spends that much every weekend on golf, drinks, hookers, and "contributions" for random politicians.

    This is a total chump change "fine" -- like if the fine for going 100mph was 57 cents, no points on your license, and no effect on insurance.

    Officer: I clocked you doing 106 in a 50.
    Driver: Sorry about this, but I had to dig that sticky quarter out from under the seat. [hands over 60 cents]
    Officer: That's OK -- but you know I can't make change right?
    Driver: Don't worry, just knock three cents of the next guy.
    Officer: Will do. Drive safe.
    Driver: [guns engine, peals out]