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FCC: AT&T Didn't Adequately Protect Customers' Cloud Data
Regulators fine AT&T $13 million for failing to protect customer information held by a third-party vendor, and extend consumer data protections to the cloud.
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The Federal Communications Commission fined AT&T $13 million and ordered it to tighten up its privacy and security practices in the wake of a catastrophic third-party compromise.
The commission also used its authority under the Communications Act of 1934 to extend consumer protections to the cloud, finding AT&T failed to maintain proper oversight of a third-party provider.
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