AT&T paying $25M to settle FCC data-breach probe â
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Posted On: 04/08/2015 4:54:19 PM
AT&T paying $25M to settle FCC data-breach probe • 3:38 PM
Jason Aycock, SA News Editor
•AT&T (NYSE:T) will pay $25M to settle with the FCC over an alleged privacy breach at three of its international call centers -- the FCC's largest ever enforcement action.
• The agency started investigating a 168-day data breach last May. The FCC alleged that three employees at a call center in Mexico got paid by third parties to provide customer information.
•AT&T told the FCC it also had data breaches in Colombia and the Philippines, involving 40 employees and affecting some 211K customer accounts.
•Along with the fine, AT&T is paying for credit monitoring services for affected accounts and is changing policies to strengthen its security.
https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm#inbox/14c9a8d1f86f361b
.........everyone feel safer now??
Jason Aycock, SA News Editor
•AT&T (NYSE:T) will pay $25M to settle with the FCC over an alleged privacy breach at three of its international call centers -- the FCC's largest ever enforcement action.
• The agency started investigating a 168-day data breach last May. The FCC alleged that three employees at a call center in Mexico got paid by third parties to provide customer information.
•AT&T told the FCC it also had data breaches in Colombia and the Philippines, involving 40 employees and affecting some 211K customer accounts.
•Along with the fine, AT&T is paying for credit monitoring services for affected accounts and is changing policies to strengthen its security.
https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm#inbox/14c9a8d1f86f361b
.........everyone feel safer now??
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