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

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.