Government Despite Rip-and-Replace Efforts, FCC Suspects Banned Chinese Telecom Providers Still Active in US The FCC is investigating whether Chinese firms such as Huawei, ZTE and China Telecom are still operating in the US. Eduard KovacsMarch 24, 2025
Government FCC Taking Action in Response to China’s Telecoms Hacking The FCC adopts declaratory ruling requiring telecommunications providers to secure their networks against nation-states and other threats. Ionut ArghireJanuary 20, 2025
Data Breaches T-Mobile to Pay Millions to Settle With FCC Over Data Breaches T-Mobile has agreed to invest $15.75 million in cybersecurity and pay $15.75 million to settle an FCC investigation into four data breaches. Ionut ArghireOctober 1, 2024
Compliance AT&T to Pay $13 Million in Settlement Over 2023 Data Breach AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million in a settlement with the FCC over a 2023 data breach at a third-party vendor’s cloud environment. Ionut ArghireSeptember 18, 2024
Mobile & Wireless Verizon Subsidiary Settles With FCC for $16M Over Three Data Breaches Verizon subsidiary TracFone Wireless settles for $16 million with the FCC over three old data breaches. Ionut ArghireJuly 24, 2024
Fraud & Identity Theft FCC Warns of ‘Royal Tiger’ Robocall Scammers The FCC has issued a public notice on robocall scammer group ‘Royal Tiger’, the first designated threat actor. Ionut ArghireMay 14, 2024
Cybercrime FCC Tightens Telco Rules to Combat SIM-Swapping Under the new rules, wireless carriers are required to notify customers of any SIM transfer requests, a measure designed to thwart fraudulent attempts by... Ryan NaraineNovember 17, 2023