‘T-Mobile admits second data breach since the start of 2023’
The US subsidiary of the German telecoms giant has suffered its second hack of the year - and the year is not even half over yet.
This week T-Mobile (US) admitted that it had suffered its second data breach of 2023. BleepingComputer has reported the breach after seeing a copy of the data breach ... Read more
SpaceX launches their “V2 Mini” second generation Starlink satellites
The new satellites deliver 4 times the capacity of the first-gen models.
SpaceX is about to deploy their first "V2 Mini" satellites, according to a report in Ars Technica. The new satellites are designed to be a remedy for the problem of Starlink speeds slowing due to a growing "capacity crunch... Read more
Cybercriminal steals data of 37 million T-Mobile customers
The US branch of T-Mobile has been hit by a cyberattack. The personal data of 37 million customers was stolen.
According to an official statement, a cybercriminal managed to break into T-Mobile's systems via an API. In August 2021, a prior incident leaked the data of 48 million customers.
Th... Read more
Regulator accuses T-Mobile Poland of misleading advertising
Polish regulator UOKiK has accused T-Mobile Poland of misleading advertising related to free mobile data. The company risks a fine that could equal 10 percent of its annual revenue.
UOKiK said that one of the company's slogans, "1200GB free for a year", is misleading. Customers are granted 100GB... Read more
Lyfo partners with T-Mobile Netherlands to offer dual sim solutions
As a result of the partnership, T-Mobile's business customers will gain access to Lyfo.NET, a software solution that allows sim cards to connect to an alternative network when the primary network fails.
If it were up to Lyfo, the Netherlands is the first step. The company aims to provide its du... Read more
Deutsche Telekom beats expectations with quarterly results
Deutsche Telekom raised its annual projection for the second time and reported quarterly profit above expectations on Thursday. The results were boosted by strong sales from its US T-Mobile unit and European businesses.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization after leases ... Read more
Open Dutch Fiber to acquire E-Fiber
Open Dutch Fiber acquires E-Fiber. Both organizations build and manage fibre networks in the Netherlands.
E-Fiber connected more than 100,000 addresses in the past ten years. The operator is relatively young. Its network is used by smaller providers, including Freedom Internet, Tweak and MultiFi... Read more
Lapsus$ steals source code from T-Mobile
Criminal group Lapsus$ successfully attacked T-Mobile in March of this year.
According to research by security blog KrebsOnSecurity, Lapsus$ gained access to T-Mobile's internal systems on several occasions. T-Mobile's US subsidiaries were likely affected. In a response to KrebsOnSecurity, T-Mo... Read more
Regulators greenlight the sale of T-Mobile Netherlands
Tele2 is permitted to sell T-Mobile Netherlands. The business unit will be handed to investors Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus. The proceeds -- 5.1 billion euros -- will be divided among current shareholder.
75 percent of T-Mobile Netherlands is owned by Deutsche Telekom. 25 percent belongs to ... Read more
Google acquires Mandiant, Microsoft pulls out
Google announces the acquisition of Mandiant. Microsoft has shown interest in the security specialist since last month, but Google is closing the deal.
Google is acquiring Mandiant for 5 billion euros. The security specialist becomes a part of Google Cloud. From there, Mandiant will provide end-... Read more