T-Mobile suffered its second security breach in less than 18 months. The carrier revealed that hackers stole data such as names, dates of birth and phone numbers from his 37 million customer accounts.
The “bad guy” was first found to have obtained the data on January 5, and the operator had closed the hole with the help of outside cybersecurity experts by the next day.
The company said it had no evidence that its security systems had been compromised, and the mechanisms used by the hackers did not reveal sensitive data such as social security numbers, government identification numbers, passwords, or payment card information.
The exposed information included names, billing and email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, T-Mobile account numbers, and information about plans and subscriptions. However, not all accounts had a complete list of leaked data. Carriers are in the process of notifying affected parties in accordance with state and federal requirements.
Exactly a year and a half ago, in August 2021, the data of about 77 million T-Mobile accounts was exposed, which at the time included SSNs and driver IDs. After the lawsuit, the company ordered him to pay $350 million to settle customer claims, and ordered him to invest $150 million in strengthening cybersecurity practices and technology. was given. In its latest filing, T-Mobile revealed that it has “made significant progress so far” with these upgrades.
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