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TerraCom Lifeline Customers in Minnesota May Be Eligible for Free Credit Monitoring After Data Breach

Minnesota customers of TerraCom's Lifeline services may be eligible for a year of free credit monitoring due to a data breach at the company, said a Tuesday news release from the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Minnesota Public Utilities…

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Commission. An investigation after a 2013 data breach found that TerraCom failed to protect consumers' personal information, the release said. The FCC did a similar investigation, finding that TerraCom's vendor stored customers' personal information on unprotected servers that were accessible over the Internet, the release said. The FCC reached a $3.5 million settlement with TerraCom and a related company in July (see 1507090035).