T-Mobile claims hacker obtained data from 37 million customer accounts
The breach exposed information such as names, addresses and phone numbers and lasted more than a month, the company said in a securities file.
T-Mobile said Thursday that a hacker collected data including names, birth dates and phone numbers. phone, out of 37 million customer accounts, the company's second major breach in less than two years.
In a securities filing, T-Mobile said it had first discovered that a "bad actor" was getting the data on January 5. With the help of outside cybersecurity experts, the mobile service provider stopped the leak the next day, he said.
The company said that 'there was no evidence that its systems or network had been compromised, adding that the mechanism operated by the hacker did not provide access to more sensitive information such as social security numbers, government identification numbers or passwords or payment card information.
"We understand that an incident like this impacts our customers and we regret that this happens be produced," T-Mobile said in a statement.
Information exposed included names, billing and email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, T-Mobile account numbers, and information such as account lines and job titles features of the plan. Many accounts did not include all of this data. The company said it has begun notifying some of the affected customers in accordance with state and federal requirements.
T-Mobile said it is continuing to investigate the exposure and had notified the federal authorities. The company said it believed the hacker started recovering data on Nov. 25 through an application programming interface, common code that allows software to communicate with other software.
A cyberattack in 2021 exposed data from nearly 77 million T-Mobile customer accounts, including names, social security numbers, and driver's license information. As a result, the company agreed to both pay $350 million to settle customer claims and spend $150 million to improve its cybersecurity practices and technologies.
In Thursday's filing, T-Mobile said it has "made substantial progress to date" on these upgrades. He also acknowledged that he could face "significant expenses" as a result of the latest breach.
The breach exposed information such as names, addresses and phone numbers and lasted more than a month, the company said in a securities file.
T-Mobile said Thursday that a hacker collected data including names, birth dates and phone numbers. phone, out of 37 million customer accounts, the company's second major breach in less than two years.
In a securities filing, T-Mobile said it had first discovered that a "bad actor" was getting the data on January 5. With the help of outside cybersecurity experts, the mobile service provider stopped the leak the next day, he said.
The company said that 'there was no evidence that its systems or network had been compromised, adding that the mechanism operated by the hacker did not provide access to more sensitive information such as social security numbers, government identification numbers or passwords or payment card information.
"We understand that an incident like this impacts our customers and we regret that this happens be produced," T-Mobile said in a statement.
Information exposed included names, billing and email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, T-Mobile account numbers, and information such as account lines and job titles features of the plan. Many accounts did not include all of this data. The company said it has begun notifying some of the affected customers in accordance with state and federal requirements.
T-Mobile said it is continuing to investigate the exposure and had notified the federal authorities. The company said it believed the hacker started recovering data on Nov. 25 through an application programming interface, common code that allows software to communicate with other software.
A cyberattack in 2021 exposed data from nearly 77 million T-Mobile customer accounts, including names, social security numbers, and driver's license information. As a result, the company agreed to both pay $350 million to settle customer claims and spend $150 million to improve its cybersecurity practices and technologies.
In Thursday's filing, T-Mobile said it has "made substantial progress to date" on these upgrades. He also acknowledged that he could face "significant expenses" as a result of the latest breach.
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