T-Mobile Says Data Breach Affects 49 Nearly Million
August 18 2021 - 6:21AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
T-Mobile US Inc. on Wednesday said hackers stole personal
information on nearly 49 million current and prospective customers
during a cyberattack on its database.
The nation's second-largest wireless network operator said some
of the data accessed included customer names, Social Security and
driver's license numbers, and birth dates, but it stressed that no
financial information was taken.
T-Mobile said those affected include about 7.8 million current
postpaid customers, along with just over 40 million former or
prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with
the Bellevue, Wash., company. Data on some 850,000 active prepaid
customers was also exposed.
T-Mobile said it is offering two years of free
identity-protection services to those affected by the cyberattack,
adding that it has closed the access point it believes the hackers
used to gain entry to its servers.
The company said its investigation into the breach is still
underway.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 18, 2021 06:18 ET (10:18 GMT)
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