By Adrianne Appel2024-07-23T14:07:00
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing to take enforcement action against AT&T for a data outage in February that blocked 92 million phone calls.
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau referred the matter, which occurred Feb. 22 and prevented 25,000 911 calls from being completed, to the agency’s Enforcement Bureau, the FCC said.
The outage impacted users in every state, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the FCC said in a report, published Monday.
2024-04-01T14:00:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
AT&T said personal account data on approximately 73 million current and former customers was released on the dark web two weeks ago but has not yet identified when and where the breach occurred.
2022-12-05T21:16:00Z By Adrianne Appel
AT&T agreed to pay $6.25 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission addressing allegations three of its executives fed sensitive financial information to Wall Street research analysts and not investors.
2022-10-17T18:10:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
An Illinois-based subsidiary of AT&T will pay $23 million and revamp its ethics and compliance program following a criminal investigation into bribes the company paid attempting to influence the Illinois state legislature.
2025-10-07T16:08:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Georgia Tech Research Corp. (GTRC) has agreed to pay $875,000 to settle allegations first raised by two compliance officers that its cybersecurity protocols violated acceptable standards for defense contractors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
2025-10-06T17:12:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Tractor Supply Company has agreed to get into compliance with California’s consumer privacy law and to pay a $1.35 million fine—the largest yet by California—to settle allegations it violated the privacy rights of customers and job applicants.
2025-10-06T16:46:00Z By Aly McDevitt
A single $33,000 shipment to Iran triggered a six-figure penalty and years of compliance oversight for biotechnology company LuminUltra Technologies, Inc.
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