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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 23 Sep 2021
Volume 40 : Issue 262 : "text" format

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T-Mobile slinks back to normal levels after security breach
Mass. bill outlaws deceptive non-Mass caller ID

Message-ID: <20210922183723.4C546751@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 01:39:57 -0400 From: Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> Subject: T-Mobile slinks back to normal levels after security breach "T-Mobile revealed in mid-August that more than 50 million people - including current, former, and prospective customers - had some of their personal data stolen. Customers' first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers and driver's license/ID information were among the items that were stolen. Once the breach came to light, T-Mobile reacted quickly to shut down the attack and launch a full-scale investigation, coordinating with law enforcement, Osvaldik said during a BoA Securities investment conference Tuesday. "Rght now, we're working to diligently and rapidly to get in touch with all of the consumers who were impacted so that they're informed of what happened and do what they need to protect themselves," he said. "We believe at this point that we've notified every current customer and account that was impacted." https://www.fiercewireless.com/financial/t-mobile-slinks-back-to-normal-after-security-breach ***** Moderator's Note ***** This post was recovered from a spam folder by John Levine at our email routing center, Taughannock Networks. I had to edit the headers and change the date to make it acceptable for resending: any resulting problems are my fault. Bill Horne Moderator
Message-ID: <f49ab74a-585-5fce-c471-4239d232aa1e@taugh.com> Date: 22 Sep 2021 13:36:55 -0400 From: "John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Subject: Mass. bill outlaws deceptive non-Mass caller ID The article linked below makes fun of the Massachusetts bill, which provides for fines of up to $10K per call, but if you read the bill (link at the end of the article) it's actually quite reasonable. It makes it illegal to call "with the intent to deceive, defraud, harass, cause harm or wrongfully obtain anything of value," using a non-Massachusetts caller ID if you're not actuually in Massachusetts. So moving to Califonia and taking the 617 number on your mobile phone is fine. Calling from a boiler room in Florida and saying "we're doing driveway work in your neighborhood and we have a fantastic deal for you" is not. https://tcpaworld.com/2021/09/20/meanwhile-in-massachusetts-new-bill-would-outlaw-using-local-area-codes-unless-caller-is-in-state-10k-in-damages-available/ Regards, John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

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