T-Mobile to pay US$350 million in settlement over massive hack

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Will also upgrade data security.

T-Mobile to pay US$350 million in settlement over massive hack
T-Mobile US agreed to pay US$350 million (A$505 million) and spend an additional US$150 million to upgrade data security to settle litigation over a cyber attack last year that compromised information belonging to an estimated 76.6 million people. The preliminary settlement was filed with the ...

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