T-Mobile US 'monitoring' China's 'industry-wide attack' amid fresh security breach fears

T-Mobile US said it is "monitoring" an "industry-wide" cyber-espionage campaign against American networks – amid fears Chinese government-backed spies compromised the un-carrier along with various other telecommunications providers. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported T-Mo was among those hit in a months-long effort by …

[ecofeco]

Meanwhile

Thousands of unemployed ITSec folks are going, "serves 'em right."

[Guy de Loimbard]

$15.75 million over the next two years to beef up its infosec program

That's not a great deal of spend is it?

Considering the size and footprint of T-Mob and its attack surface......

YMMV, but I don't think having to spend shy of $16 mil on improvements is going to do a great deal of beefing.....