The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has settled with T-Mobile after a series of major data breaches exposed sensitive personal information of millions of consumers between 2021 and 2023.
On Sept. 30, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced that T-Mobile will pay a $15.75 million civil penalty to the U.S. Treasury and commit another $15.75 million to bolster its cybersecurity defenses.
The settlement follows multiple investigations into whether the company failed to protect customer data, used or disclosed it without proper authorization, and misrepresented the security measures in place.
According to the FCC’s consent decree, T-Mobile suffered significant breaches over several years, compromising names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license details, and other personal information of millions of customers, as well as users of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) that operate on T-Mobile’s network….