Washington State suing T-Mobile over data breach impacting 79 million people<div class="feat-image">
</div><p>Washington State is suing <a href="
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<p>The carrier is accused of failing to follow industry-standard cybersecurity processes, which allowed the breach to go unnoticed for four months … </p>
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Washington State suing T-Mobile over data breach impacting 79 million people