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T-Mobile promises to try not to get hacked again

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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

T-Mobile is investing millions of dollars into revamping its cybersecurity practices as part of a settlement with the US Federal Communications Commission. The company will also need to pay the US Treasury $15.75 million in civil penalties — the same amount as its internal cybersecurity investment. The commission says this “groundbreaking” settlement will serve as a model for the industry.

Data breaches at T-Mobile in the last few years have leaked social security numbers, addresses, and driver’s license numbers for millions of people.

The settlement clears up several T-Mobile investigations involving cybersecurity incidents in 2021, 2022, and 2023. The FCC press release says, “…these investigations developed evidence that the breaches…

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