Re: T-Mobile confirms it was hacked after customer data posted online. So much for Linux security.

In misc.phone.mobile.iphone nospam <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, sms
> <[email protected]> wrote:

> > > T-Mobile has confirmed ³unauthorized access² to its systems,
> > > days after a portion of customer data was listed for sale on a
> > > known cybercriminal forum.
> > 
> > They also had data breaches in 2018 and 2019.

> so has verizon. here's just a sampling:

> <https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/verizon-breach-6-million-customer-acco
> unts-exposed-a-10107>
>   Verizon has apologized after a contractor failed to secure a large
>   batch of customer information, leading to data relating to 6 million
>   customers' accounts being exposed. But it's unclear if Verizon - the
>   largest wireless carrier in the United States - plans to notify
>   affected customers.

> <https://www.foxnews.com/tech/verizon-data-breach-14-million-customers-r
> eportedly-exposed>
>   ³As many as 14 million records² of Verizon customers were found
>   unsecured on an Amazon storage server controlled by Israeli-based
>   Nice Systems, according to ZDNet.com.

> <https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/crooks-steal-sell-verizon-enterpris
> e-customer-data/>
>   Earlier this week, a prominent member of a closely guarded
>   underground cybercrime forum posted a new thread advertising the
>   sale of a database containing the contact information on some 1.5
>   million customers of Verizon Enterprise.

Basically, almost everyone is getting hacked.  Has Apple been hacked?
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