FCC Fines T-Mobile More Than $15 Million for Data Breaches

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2024 – T-Mobile agreed to improve its data security practices and pay a more than $15 million fine to end federal investigations into multiple data breaches.

The Federal Communications Commission was investigating a 2021 hack in which more than 76 million people had personal information stolen and a 2023 incident in which a misconfiguration allowed an outside actor to access account data for 37 million customers through the company’s API, plus two smaller breaches likely resulting from phishing attacks.

“Consumers’ data is too important and much too sensitive to receive anything less than the best cybersecurity protections,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. “We will continue to send a strong message to providers entrusted with this delicate information that they need to beef up their systems or there will be consequences.”