Last week, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (“Enforcement Bureau”) entered into a consent decree (“Consent Decree”) with prepaid calling provider TracFone Wireless (“TracFone”), addressing TracFone’s failure to adequately safeguard customer proprietary network information (“CPNI”). In the Consent Decree, TracFone agreed to pay a $16,000,000 civil penalty along with a series of comprehensive directives to mitigate network vulnerabilities. Continue Reading Burners and Backdoors: The FCC’s $16 Million Settlement with TracFone for Breaches of Customer-Facing APIs