T-Mobile has released a statement on its website confirming what many T-Mobile customers were afraid of.
Part of the statement reads. “At this time, we have been able to confirm approximately 850,000 active T-Mobile prepaid customer names, phone numbers and account PINs were exposed.” That’s not all. The data breach also exposed over 7 million postpaid customers info and over 40 million prospective and former customers info.
What info was stolen in the T-Mobile Data Breach?
The company confirms that SSN’s, first and last names, date of births, ID and Drivers license info was stolen. They say no financial info was exposed.
Who was affected by the T-Mobile Data Breach?
At this time, T-Mobile has confirmed that active postpaid and prepaid customers, former and prospective T-Mobile customers were affected. They also stated that no Metro by T-Mobile, former Sprint prepaid, or Boost customers had their names or PINs exposed.
To somewhat ease customers minds, T-Mobile is offering 2 years of free identity protection services with McAfee’s ID Theft Protection Service. No info is available on the thieves whereabouts or identity. T-Mobile also stated,
“We take our customers’ protection very seriously and we will continue to work around the clock on this forensic investigation to ensure we are taking care of our customers in light of this malicious attack. While our investigation is ongoing, we wanted to share these initial findings even as we may learn additional facts through our investigation that cause the details above to change or evolve.“
One other notable breach was retail giant Target back in November of 2013. Hackers gained access to over 40 million payment card accounts and 60 million customers contact information. Before that, Linkedin servers were compromised back in 2012. Hackers gain access to information for 165 million accounts. Coincidently the thieves wanted payment in the form of Bitcoin. And their were many more after. Facebook, Myspace, Netease, Adult Friend Finder, Yahoo, Marriott and many many more.
Based on past experiences, the push to make Bitcoin a major source of currency seems ridiculous. In 2021 we still can’t fully control the digital space, and I honestly don’t think we ever will.
