T Mobile Security Breach Affects 40 Million

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T-Mobile experienced a security breach that has accessed the personal information of 40 million past and prospective customers, the company announced on Wednesday.

Information accessed in the breach included some personal information and identification. Another 7.8 million current customers also had their information compromised.

“Some of the data accessed did include customers’ first and last names, date of birth, SSN, and driver’s license/ID information for a subset of current and former postpay customers and prospective T-Mobile customers,” T-Mobile said in a press release

T-Mobile further stated that no pins or financial information was accessed from those customers in the breach.

“Importantly, no phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords, or financial information were compromised in any of these files of customers or prospective customers,” T-Mobile said.

However, the company did add that further examination found that “850,000 active T-Mobile prepaid customer names, phone numbers and account PINs” were also exposed in the breach.
 
Speaking of that, I've been meaning to change my pw on there. Just did it, thanks. :D
 
Yes, unfortunately you can assume every large company (including medical) is or has been breached, these announcements are only made when they know of the breach.Though the biggest breaches of all are from the US and State Governments in this country, and governments around the world.

Its to the point that hackers cant use all the breached materials from all around the world, it would take many lifetimes. It just depends on which fish gets plucked from the fish bowl.
 
You may have spoken a bit too soon 😬

Until proven otherwise unless things change which they may, ATT has more creditability in denying a breach then a hacker/thief.
 
Like it even matters anymore.
Nothing else to worry about since our credit reporting agencies already gave them this whole countries entire data collection portfolios anyway. Meaning Experian etc...
Until the gov re-issues us all new names, SS numbers, credit card/bank routing numbers, b-day dates (make me ten yrs younger please) address numbers all past/present and no telling what else they collected on us in our lifetime all gets changed then theres not much else we need to keep from crooks today.
Those corps collected everything about us our whole lives and already gave it away so this is very little more if any.
Unless its an NSA breach (only one collecting more data) whats been done is done already.
Go change banks and all your info but with all our personal info already in their hands crooks can already open all new accounts, transfer anything to another new bank faster than you can think to close them.
Just go give whack a mole a whirl to get an idea how screwed we are when they choose to use our data against us. May be yrs later may be tomarrow but crooks want your money you already have access to it.
Just say'n....
 
Like it even matters anymore.
Nothing else to worry about since our credit reporting agencies already gave them this whole countries entire data collection portfolios anyway. Meaning Experian etc...
Until the gov re-issues us all new names, SS numbers, credit card/bank routing numbers, b-day dates (make me ten yrs younger please) address numbers all past/present and no telling what else they collected on us in our lifetime all gets changed then theres not much else we need to keep from crooks today.
Those corps collected everything about us our whole lives and already gave it away so this is very little more if any.
Unless its an NSA breach (only one collecting more data) whats been done is done already.
Go change banks and all your info but with all our personal info already in their hands crooks can already open all new accounts, transfer anything to another new bank faster than you can think to close them.
Just go give whack a mole a whirl to get an idea how screwed we are when they choose to use our data against us. May be yrs later may be tomarrow but crooks want your money you already have access to it.
Just say'n....
Its not all that bad.
People are not concerned and no one loses money against bank fraud, FDIC.

The public could care less, if they cared they would lock/freeze their credit with the credit reporting agencies. 90% of Americans dont bother (and its free!!) so I wouldnt call security breaches a concern among Americans, makes great "press" in the news media though and also the forums!

Just imagine, its free to make sure no one EVER takes a loan or any type of credit in your name but many modern day Americans just love to blame other people for their lackadaisical attitudes ... Think about that only 10% of people bother to lock their credit.
 
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