The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking.
Tag Archives: AT&T
Major US mobile carriers want to be your password
Project Verify from Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile aims to replace your password.
AT&T hit by insider breach; “change your passcode” it warns
AT&T, the giant US telecom, says it fired an insider for having thumbed through customer accounts without authorization and potentially slurping customers’ taxpayer IDs, driver license numbers and more. 
Weev invoices feds for ‘kidnapping’ him for 3 years
The self-confessed troll convicted of hacking AT&T – a conviction recently overturned – wants one bitcoin for every hour he spent in jail. 
Snapchat, AT&T, Amazon = worst privacy protectors says EFF
Snapchat makes its debut on the list with the lowest ranking of all when it comes to who’s got our backs. The good news is that many companies have made vast strides in criteria including publishing transparency reports about government data requests and fighting for users’ data privacy rights both in the courts and in Congress. 