T-Mobile Breached Again, This Time Exposing 37M Customers' Data

This time around, weak API security allowed a threat actor to access account information, the mobile phone giant reported. [TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( January 23, 2023 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [T-Mobile Breached Again, This Time Exposing 37M Customers' Data]( This time around, weak API security allowed a threat actor to access account information, the mobile phone giant reported. [Ransomware Profits Decline as Victims Dig In, Refuse to Pay]( Two new reports show ransomware revenues for threat actors dropped sharply in 2022 as more victims ignored ransom demands. [Compromised Zendesk Employee Credentials Lead to Breach]( Zendesk has alerted customers to a successful SMS phishing campaign that has exposed "service data," but details remain scarce. [Critical Manufacturing Sector in the Bull's-eye]( Serious security flaws go unpatched, and ransomware attacks increase against manufacturers. 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