Global: FCC orders two US telecom operators to pay $3.5 million for data breach
Two sister mobile telecom operators of US, named TerraCom and YourTel America are fined for US$3.5 million for storing personal data of subscribers on unprotected servers. The service providers were storing data of more than 300,000 customers, including their names, addresses, Social Security Numbers and Drivers’ licenses, and these were accessible over the internet. The issue was first noticed by an investigative journalist in 2013, who found the operators’ subscriber... Read More
