AT&T and T-Mobile victims of $22M handset scam
Funny, usually it’s the carriers doing the robbing. According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, eight men were indicted yesterday for allegedly using customer data to swindle AT&T and T-Mobile USA out of roughly $22 million worth…
Rogers to implement EIR theft deterrent system beginning today
As sad as it is, it should be no surprise to anyone that theft is a pretty regular occurrence in the electronics industry. Though most mobile retailers take plenty of measures to prevent losses, it’s not possible to keep it…
T-Mobile Germany exposes confidential data for 30 million customers
Fresh on the heels of last week’s announcement that they lost confidential data for 17 million customers, T-Mobile on Saturday confirmed that an error in their system exposed the confidential data for 30 million customers. The data breach which included…
T-Mobile admits to losing confidential data for 17 million customers
Deutsche Telekom admitted Saturday that a security breach in 2006 led to the theft of confidential data belonging to 17 million T-Mobile customers. The stolen data included birth dates, telephone numbers, addresses, and email addresses. Bank details were not part…
