All of the information stolen “is the type widely available in marketing databases or directories,” T-Mobile said in a statement to customers.
“Based on our investigation to date, customer accounts and finances were not put at risk directly by this event,” T-Mobile said in the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company said it alerted law enforcement and has begun notifying customers whose information may have been accessed.The company has faced multiple data breaches in the last few years. In 2021, a hacker stole the personal information, including Social Security numbers and driver’s license information, of more than 13 million active and 40 million prospective T-Mobile customers. The company settled a class-action suit related to that breach for $500 million last year.
“Unfortunately, we do see victims get revictimized,” said Jackie Burns Koven, head of cyber threat intelligence at Chainalysis Inc., in a Bloomberg Television interview. “This is not the first data breach that has affected T-Mobile.”
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