The “T-Mobile” company said yesterday that a hacker gained access to the personal data of 37 million of its customers.
The company said the hacker stole customer data that included names, billing addresses, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth, “T-Mobile” account numbers and information describing the type of service they have with the wireless carrier.
“T-Mobile” said no Social Security numbers, credit card information, government ID numbers, passwords, PINs or financial information were exposed in the hack.
However, this information can be aggregated with other stolen or publicly available information and used by fraudsters to steal people’s identities or money.
“T-Mobile” said it is cooperating with law enforcement and has begun notifying customers whose information may have been compromised. However, the wireless carrier did not say what it can do to fix the situation.
It noted that it could incur “significant costs” because of the breach, though the company said it does not expect the charges to have a material impact on “T-Mobile”‘s bottom line.
After “T-Mobile” (TMUS) learned of the data breach, the company said it hired an outside cybersecurity team to investigate.
“T-Mobile” (TMUS) was able to discover the source of the breach and stop it a day after the breach was discovered. The company says it is still investigating the breach but believes it has been “fully contained”.
It is also noted that “T-Mobile”‘s (TMUS) systems and network do not appear to have been breached.
“The protection of our customers’ data remains a top priority”,
states “T-Mobile” in its announcement.
“We will continue to make significant investments to strengthen our cybersecurity program.”
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