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Read more about the article The T-Mobile Data Breach and Phone Scamming
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The T-Mobile Data Breach and Phone Scamming

A few days ago, news stories appeared about a huge data breach that occurred at T-Mobile. The first reports of last Sunday stated that someone on the dark web was claiming to have the data of 100 million US subscribers/ex-subscribers from T-Mobile servers and was selling a portion of it on an underground forum for 6 bitcoin which is over 220K€. The information that was stolen didn’t only include names, phone numbers and physical addresses but also social security numbers, driver’s license information and IMEI numbers (a unique phone device number you can see as a sort of phone’s social security number).

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19 August 2021
Read more about the article Social Engineering – Doorstep Crime
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Social Engineering – Doorstep Crime

In June 2021, I received a letter from the Notary, informing me about the execution of the will of my great aunt (the sister of my grandmother). She passed away at the beginning of 2021 at the respective age of 90 years. Because both my grandmother and my mother are not alive anymore, my brother and sister and I were next in line as heirs to her will together with a long list of other family members.

The will indicated that my aunt wanted to provide a significant part of her remaining funds to the National Heart Foundation and the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Fund. This fixed amount was set in stone and fully pledged to both foundations. The funds were on her savings account which she never touched. So far so good. 

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9 August 2021