Collaborate Disseminate
There’s no doubt Huawei is in crisis management mode, as the company continues to get pummeled by the United States and others. In January, we have seen two of Huawei’s subsidiaries charged with industrial espionage against U.S.-based T-Mobile and thr… Continue reading Huawei Indicted, China Claims Foul
After Motherboard’s article, a large group of senators wants two government departments to fully investigate the business dealings of telcos and their data sharing arrangements. Continue reading 15 Senators Call on FCC and FTC to Investigate How AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint Sold Phone Locations to Bounty Hunters
Zumigo, which sold the location data of American cell phone users, wanted the FCC to remove requirements around user consent. Continue reading Data Broker That Sold Phone Locations Used by Bounty Hunters Lobbied FCC to Scrap User Consent
The Senator expressed “disappointment” and “disbelief” at CEO John Legere’s unfulfilled promise to end the sale of geolocation data to “shady middlemen.” Continue reading Senator Wyden Hammers T-Mobile For Empty Promises on Sale of Cell Phone Location Data
Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 14th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: The US government shutdown and cybersecurity, privacy takes center stage at CES 2019, an… Continue reading US Government Shutdown, Privacy at CES 2019, Mobile Location Data Controversy – WB51
Google’s phone, text, and data service relies on infrastructure provided by T-Mobile and Sprint. A Motherboard investigation found both telcos selling customers’ location data that ultimately ended up in the hands of bounty hunters. Continue reading Google Demanded That T-Mobile, Sprint Not Sell Google Fi Customers’ Location Data
After Motherboard found that AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint are selling their customers’ phone location data ultimately to bounty hunters, AT&T has decided to stop service for all location aggregators, an essential part of the data supply chain. Continue reading AT&T to Stop Selling Location Data to Third Parties After Motherboard Investigation
A small group of victims of SIM swapping hacks is trying to raise awareness, teach people about the scam, and put pressure on cell phone providers to step up their efforts against cybercriminals. Continue reading SIM Swapping Victims Who Lost Millions Are Pressuring Telcos to Protect Their Customers
T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers’ location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to possess it, letting them track most phones in the country. Continue reading I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone
A look back at the blizzard of breaches that made up 2018.
Continue reading 2018: A Banner Year for Breaches