Security News Bites for April 11, 2025
Settlement Checks Coming for 2021 T-Mobile Breach
In 2021 a T-Mobile breach exposed data on 76 million customers. This is separate from the 2023 breach that impacted 37 million customers. If you are one of them, you may be eligible for some money. But don’t celebrate yet. The settlement is for $350 million. If all 76 million people are eligible that works out to $4.50 each, before the lawyers take their cut. The good news is that the lawyers will make out very well, thank you. Credit: ZDNet
EU Reforming – Simplifying GDPR
Denmark takes over as the head of the European Commission and they are already working on simplifying the rules for companies with less than 500 employees. The EU has been working on this since before the presidential election, so it does not appear to be related to that. It is related to the EU’s non-competitiveness due to way too many rules. How long this will take to materialize is not clear, but still, it is a good thing. Credit: The Record
Apple’s Plan for Mitigating Effects of Tariffs
Apple has a plan to mitigate the effects of the president’s tariffs. The sent multiple planes full of products from India to the US in advance of the effective date. It is unclear how long those products will last. If the tariffs stick around for a while, Apple plans to move more production to INDIA — NOT THE UNITED STATES –as the tariff on India is 26% vs. 104% for China. While that will be a boon for India, it will have no effect on US manufacturing and will still increase the price of iPhones to US consumers. Not exactly the president’s plan. Credit: Times of India
Weaponized DoJ Goes After Former CISA Director Chris Krebs
The newly weaponized DoJ has been directed by the president to suspend Krebs security clearance and the clearances of those entities associated with Krebs, even though there is no evidence they did anything wrong. This is what weaponization looks like. This goes back to the grudge the president still holds against Krebs for saying that there was no significant election fraud. Similar claims against Fox News for claiming there was major fraud resulted in a $787 million judgement against Fox. Other lawsuits are still pending. Credit: The Record
Feds Put More Companies on the Entities List
The entities list is run by the Department of Commerce and it sort of matches China’s unreliable entity list. The Chinese list is for companies based in the US. The US list is for companies anywhere that are too friendly to China. Sales by US companies to those companies require specific permission. The US added 80 companies to that list last month. China is adding US companies in dribbles – 10 one day, 11 more another day, 2 more on a third day. This trade war has many aspects. Credit: Washington Tariff and Trade Letter
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