Accounts Compromised Archives

By Joe Paonessa • 10/20/22

According to an article in BleepingComputer, some Verizon Prepaid customers were the unfortunate recipients of a message from Verizon notifying them that their accounts have b...

Visible Latest Wireless Provider To Fall Victim To Security Breach

Visible Latest Wireless Provider To Be Impacted By A Security Breach

By Joe Paonessa • 10/12/21

Update 10/13/2021 – Visible has issued the following statement to BestMVNO.com in regards to the recent security incident detailed in the article below: “Visible is aware of a...

Some T-Mobile Customers Report Phone Number And Bank Account Theft

T-Mobile Customers Experience Theft Of Phone Numbers And Money Via Port Out Scam, Here’s How To Protect Yourself

By Joe Paonessa • 02/05/18

Many months ago I told the story of how one thieve managed to steal and port someone’s phone number out of AT&T and use it to gain access to the victim’s bank account. Un...

Coding Error On MetroPCS Website Potentially Exposes Sensitive Information of 10 Million+ Customers

By Joe Paonessa • 11/16/15

More than 10 million MetroPCS customers had their personally identifiable information put at risk by a coding error on the companies website, although to obtain the informatio...

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Experian Compromised: Data Breach Impacts Approximately 15 Million T-Mobile Customers

By Joe Paonessa • 10/01/15

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has announced that they have been notified by Experian that Experian has experienced a data breach. Experian is a vendor that processes credit...