INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The US telecom T-Mobile has revealed that it fell victim to a security breach that impacted its customers as well as its employees.The
shut down a malicious attack against our email vendor that led to unauthorized access to certain T-Mobile employee email accounts, some of
which contained account information for T-Mobile customers and employees
An investigation was immediately commenced, with assistance from leading cybersecurity forensics experts, to determine what happened and
what information was affected
sending out SMS notifications to all impacted users, though customers who had just their account data and those who had their financial data
exposed are receiving different notifications.The hackers behind the security breach may have accessed data on T-Mobile employees and some
of its customers.According to the company, names, addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, rate plans and features and billing information
may have been obtained by hackers
However, the Social Security numbers, financial account information and government identification numbers of some users were exposed while
for others, this data was not exposed.T-Mobile has not yet said how many users were impacted by the security breach but it has recommended
that customers change the personal identification number for their T-Mobile accounts.This is the second time the US telecom has disclosed a
security breach in the past six months
Back in November of last year, T-Mobile disclosed a similar security breach in which a malicious actor was able to obtain the personal data
of over a million of its customers.Via ZDNet
