(NBC, KYMA/KECY) - AT&T has reached a $13 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a data breach from last year. The breach, which happened in January of 2023, impacted 8.9 million AT&T wireless customers. According to the FCC, the customer data exposed was from 2015 through 2017, and it should have been deleted years before the breach occurred. The exposed data included information like the number of lines on an …

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FCC announces $13 million settlement with AT&T

AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million to settle a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigation into a vendor-related data breach that compromised the information of millions of the company’s customers.
The FCC said in a Sept. 17 announcement that the $13 million settlement resolves an Enforcement Bureau investigation into AT&T’s supply chain integrity and whether the company failed to protect its customers’ information in connection with a…

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The FCC hits AT&T with a fine for failing to properly secure data stored in the cloud last year.

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AT&T Slapped With $13M Fine Over Data Breach, Vows to Improve Security

The settlement with theFederal Communications Commission resolves an investigation of a cyberattack that saw almost 9 million customer records exposed.

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AT&T to Pay $13 Million Over 2023 Customer Data Breach

AT&T agreed to pay $13 million to settle an FCC investigation into a data breach in January 2023 that put a focus on the evolving security landscape and the growing threat to customer data that organizations store in the cloud. The post AT&T to Pay $13 Million to Settle FCC Case of 2023 Data Breach appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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AT&T to Pay $13 Million to Settle FCC Case of 2023 Data Breach

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve an investigation over a data breach of a cloud vendor in 2023 which impacted 8.9 million mobile customers. The FCC noted in January 2023 the unnamed cloud vendor suffered a data breach that exposed information related to AT&T customers. AT&T reported the breach on 7 February 2023 and then filed a supplemental submission on 15 May 2023. Based on…

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FCC reaches settlement with AT&T for data breach

The FCC says AT&T is “strengthening its data governance practices” The U.S. Federal Communications Commission today (Sept. 17) announced that AT&T will pay $13 million to settle an investigation associated with a customer data breach made public in July. The settlement is related to a hacking incident that impacted nearly all subscribers and occurred during […] The post AT&T to pay $13 million to settle cloud breach appeared first on RCR Wireles…

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AT&T to pay $13 million to FCC to settle cloud breach

US FCC imposed a penalty of $13m upon AT&T in line with an investigation into the latter’s handling of customer data.

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FCC imposes $13m penalty on AT&T over 2023 vendor data breach

AT&T has reached a $13 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) following a significant data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately nine million customers. This AT&T data breach occurred in January 2023 which involved unauthorized access and sale of customer data by third-party vendors employed by the firm.
According to a consent decree shared by the FCC, AT&T “failed to meet its duty to prot…

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AT&T Data Breach: Telco Reaches $13M Settlement With FCC

The FCC and AT&T settled an Enforcement Bureau investigation for $13 million into whether the carrier failed to protect the information of AT&T customers in connection with a vendor’s data breach. AT&T used a vendor (that was not publicly named) to generate and host personalized video content, including billing and marketing videos, for AT&T customers.  Under AT&T’s contracts, the vendor should have destroyed or returned AT&T customer informatio…

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