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"Syniverse systems have direct access to phone call records and text messaging, and indirect access to a large range of internet accounts protected with SMS 2-factor authentication. Hacking Syniverse will ease access to Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and all kinds of other accounts, all at once," Karsten Nohl, a security researcher who has studied global cellphone networks for a decade, previously told Motherboard. Both lawsuits, one filed on October 5 nd the other on October 7, accuse Syniverse of failing to secure sensitive personal data of millions of individuals, according to the complaints. A Syniverse spokesperson declined to comment, arguing that the company does not “comment on pending litigation.”In the second lawsuit the plaintiffs accused Syniverse of being careless in securing cellphone customers' data, and failing to notify victims of the data breach. “Syniverse could have prevented this Data Breach by properly securing and encrypting the [Personal Identifying Information] of Plaintiffs and Class Members,” the second complaint read. “Syniverse’s negligence in safeguarding Plaintiffs’ and Class Members’ PII is bewildering given the repeated warnings and alerts about the need to protect and secure sensitive data.”Do you work or used to work at Syniverse or another telecom provider? Do you have more information about the Syniverse breach? We’d love to hear from you. You can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, Wire/Wickr @lorenzofb, or email lorenzofb@vice.com.
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