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Re:T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37M acc... by redtriumph on Thursday January 19, 2023 @11:18PM (#34449206)
> "Our investigation is still ongoing, but the malicious activity appears to be fully contained at this time, and there is currently no evidence that the bad actor was able to breach or compromise our systems or our network"

Why do companies always try to sugarcoat things? Its analogous to doctor gives us bad news but shows us the silver-lining. I guess these are more of the PR side of things.

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Re:T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37M acc... by lynx23 on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:42AM (#34449913)
Its all about the money. Can you name a single company that is proofable totally honest when it comes to describing its own failings?
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Re:T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37M acc... by californical on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:54AM (#34450263)
Definitely not an endorsement since I’m not an expert on the company, but I recall Cloudflare giving incredibly honest and transparent write-ups when they’ve had service issues in the past.
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Re:T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37M acc... by encryptluks2 on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:46AM (#34450230)
Because we let them get away with it.
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Re:T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37M acc... by zonethundery on Friday January 20, 2023 @08:26AM (#34452810)
The target for the communication is investors. I read it to say "Price in the costs for a garden variety data breach, but not a CPRA-specific class action."
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Re:T-Mobile says investigating data breach involving 37M acc... by red-iron-pine on Friday January 20, 2023 @09:02AM (#34453226)
Bingo. The average T-Mobile user doesn't really understand what a breach is, and the handful of network engineer / tech nerds here on HN getting angry about it is superfluous to their bottom line. They're talking to investors, and maybe ISP Peers.
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