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AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile customers face widespread outages across U.S.

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Approximately 32,000 AT&T customers were reported to have experienced service disruptions across the U.S. on Thursday morning, according to the tracking site DownDetector. The outages were concentrated in areas such as Baltimore, Houston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, with more than 50,000 customers reporting issues in the affected areas, NBC News reports. Verizon and T-Mobile customers also reported […]

T-Mobile data breach exposes info on 37 million accounts

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—T-Mobile reported on Thursday that approximately 37 million customers’ account information had been accessed in a data breach. The company says a hacker used a single Application Programming Interface (or API) to obtain limited types of information on customers’ accounts. “As soon as our teams identified the issue, we shut it down within 24 hours,” T-Mobile said in a […]

Attorney General Frosh enters into multistate settlements addressing 2015 Experian data breach

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Chris Montcalmo

Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week announced separate settlements with Experian and T-Mobile concerning a 2015 data breach experienced by Experian that compromised the personal information of more than 15 million individuals who submitted credit applications with T-Mobile. The settlements were negotiated by a multistate work group that included 40 states and was led by the Maryland Attorney […]

Attorney General Frosh urges Marylanders affected by T-Mobile data breach to protect themselves against identity theft

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is urging all Maryland residents impacted by the data breach announced by T-Mobile in August 2021 to take appropriate steps to protect their information from identity theft. On August 17, T-Mobile reported a massive data breach compromising the sensitive personal information of millions of current, former, and prospective T-Mobile customers, including individuals who had […]

Maryland 9-1-1 Board warns that 3G network cell phones may stop operating in 2022

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Chris Montcalmo

REISTERSTOWN, MD—The Maryland 9-1-1 Board is issuing a warning to consumers that older phones may cease operating in early 2022 due to the retirement of 3G networks and support for phones using 3G service. This may include other devices that use 3G connectivity, such as some medical alert devices, tablets, smart watches, and home security systems. The nation’s three major […]

Overlea/Fullerton T-Mobile store broken into, Carney lawn equipment store burglarized

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a pair of commercial burglaries that were reported in recent weeks. At around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, August 28, three individuals pried open a door to gain entry to the T-Mobile store located in the 7600-block of Belair Road (21236). The suspects tried to open a safe but were unsuccessful. Nothing was reported missing. At just […]

Maryland launches statewide text-to-911 service [VIDEO]

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Effective Thursday, August 20, 9-1-1 call centers across Maryland will begin accepting text messages via text-to-911 service. Customers of the three major wireless carriers (AT&T, former Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon) who are enrolled in their carriers’ text messaging and/or data plan can send text messages to 9-1-1 in an emergency when they are unable to place a phone call. […]

Attorney General Frosh issues statement opposing DOJ’s settlement with T-Mobile, Sprint

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Friday released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had reached a settlement with telecommunications giants cellular carriers T-Mobile and Sprint that supports their proposed merger: “The addition of Dish to the mix is a fig leaf that doesn’t cover up the ugly parts of […]

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