Why the T-Mobile Data Breach is One of the Worst Yet

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English - August 25, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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T-Mobile experienced a data breach that resulted in hackers obtaining the personal information of tens of millions of their current and former customers. The data includes names, addresses, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, government identification numbers, and other data including individual device identifiers. The implications for sim swapping and other attacks are profound and the risk will extend long past the two years of identity theft protection the company is offering. Subscribe for more ! http://lon.tv/s

VIDEO INDEX:

00:00 - Intro

00:25 - Overview

01:23 - What Was Leaked

04:35 - What Is T-Mobile Doing to Help Impacted Customers?

07:04 - SIM Swap Concern

08:09 - TIP: Turn off SMS Authentication Everywhere

10:28 - TIP: Have I Been Pwned to Check Risk Level?

12:36 - Supporter Thank Yous

12:59 - Helping The Channel

13:15 - My Other Channels

14:13 - Conclusion

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