T-Mobile US Offers $350mn Settlement for Data Breach
The mobile operator will also spend another $150mn on upgrading security following a 2021 privacy breach that compromised data relating to 76.6 million people.
The FBI Purchased Pegasus Phone Spyware
After two years of evaluation, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation decided against using the notorious Israeli-developed spyware shortly before the Biden administration blacklisted its makers.
FBI Guide to Mobile Network CDRs Leaked Online
Do you want to know which US networks are best able to monitor your movements and messages? An FBI manual offers some answers.
Taking the Fight to Encrypted Crime Networks: Why the ANOM Sting Is So Important
The FBI operated an encrypted messaging network for criminals, leading to over 800 arrests and major drug busts worldwide.
FBI Investigates Hacking of Elite Twitter Accounts by Bitcoin Scammers
Some suspect insiders were paid to give access to the accounts of VIPs including Barack Obama, Elon Musk and Kanye West.
FBI Warns SIM Swapping Has Undermined Multi-Factor Authentication
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation wants businesses to consider using stronger authentication methods like biometrics.
15 DDoS-for-Hire Websites Seized by FBI
The criminal services had been used to launch hundreds of thousands of distributed denial of service attacks.
Cox Communications VP Pleads Guilty to Multimillion Dollar Fraud
Former marketing exec Janet West told her assistant to purchase fictitious services using the assistant’s corporate credit card.
Two Year Prison Sentence for US Telco Fraudster
Edwin Fana and his accomplices stole data for 11,000 accounts, cloned mobile phones and made calls to the Caribbean.
Million Dollar Miami Fraudster Pleads Guilty
The FBI discovered the criminal had over 80 cloned phones at his home, which he used to make calls to the Caribbean.