Report: 100 Million T-Mobile Records Data Breach

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Report: 100 Million T-Mobile Records Data Breach

engine

8:39 am on Aug 17, 2021 (gmt 0)

There was an early report of a data breach of 100 million user records on T-Mobile US systems.

According to T-Mobile, it is investigating the alleged breach.

"We are conducting an extensive analysis alongside digital forensic experts to understand the validity of these claims, and we are coordinating with law enforcement," the company said.

[reuters.com...]

If you're a T-Mobile user it would be wise to update your passwords and to watch for abuse of any data that may have been compromised.

engine

3:17 pm on Aug 18, 2021 (gmt 0)

There's an update published on T-Mobile's site, and it seems some data was accessed.

Some of the data accessed did include customers’ first and last names, date of birth, SSN, and driver’s license/ID information for a subset of current and former postpay customers and prospective T-Mobile customers.
Our preliminary analysis is that approximately 7.8 million current T-Mobile postpaid customer accounts’ information appears to be contained in the stolen files, as well as just over 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with T-Mobile. Importantly, no phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords, or financial information were compromised in any of these files of customers or prospective customers.

[t-mobile.com...]

topr8

2:00 pm on Aug 20, 2021 (gmt 0)

Importantly, no phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords, or financial information were compromised in any of these files of customers or prospective customers.

as though ... first and last names, date of birth, SSN, and driver’s license/ID ... are not really useful bits of info for a potential fraudster. that's enough to open a bank account in the uk, i imagine in the usa too..