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The latest security breach involving T-Mobile

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It seems like there's been a spate of data breaches in the past few days: T-Mobile, Mailchimp, etc. What's going on?

Let's talk about it.

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What happened?

Here's your quick rundown of what happened:

A few days ago T-Mobile announced another data breach, impacting 37 million accounts.
A "bad actor" obtained customer names, billing addresses, emails, phone numbers, and birth dates through an internal API.
Mailchimp said last week it was hacked and that dozens of customers’ data was exposed.
As a result, FanDuel was also impacted by the Mailchimp data breach. Customer names and email addresses were acquired by an "unauthorized actor."

Why does it matter?

Here's why I think this matters to IT.

How did attackers hack Mailchimp? Social engineering. And as these tactics change, so must your security training.
It bears repeating: Teach end users to think before they click and report suspicious emails to the IT team.
In T-Mobile's case, it wasn't a "hack" per se. The reality is reportedly more boring: "A 'bad actor' simply connected to T-Mobile’s API, as anyone could have done, and grabbed the data that was freely available to take."
The lesson here: Even the largest organizations have weak links that attackers are ready to exploit. And third-party risks will continue.

What You Should Know This Week

T-Mobile Admits to 37,000,000 Customer Records Stolen by “Bad Actor”

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