They also recommend but are not mandating that all current postpaid customers change their pins and are offering a service called Account Takeover Protection to help impede SIM-swap attacks. They are offering two years of identity protection services from McAfee’s ID Theft Protection Service to anyone who believes they may have been targeted. Since the breach, T-Mobile has implemented a few precautions on behalf of the victims. To learn more, we advise that you contact T- Mobile to inquire about your account information today. If you were or are an account holder at T- Mobile, there is a possibility that your information may have been one of the 47 million compromised in this most recent data breach.

On a blog written by Mike Sievert, the CEO of T-Mobile, he stated, 'the bad actor leveraged their knowledge of technical systems, along with specialized tools and capabilities, to gain access to our testing environments and then used brute force attacks and other methods to make their way into other IT servers that included customer data.' Once T-Mobile was made aware of the breach, their cybersecurity team was able to close the access point the hacker used to gain entry into their servers. How Did the Breach Happen?Īccording to T-Mobile’s official report, an unauthorized user gained access to T-Mobile's network via an unprotected router in July. However, they have yet to confirm whether or not this unauthorized individual was, in fact, the 21-year-old American man living in Turkey, John Binns, who, back on August 26, claimed to be responsible for the cyberattack. Who Breached T-Mobile?Īccording to T- Mobile's investigation, they confirmed the claims made in an online forum that 'a bad actor had compromised T-Mobile systems.' Their cybersecurity team was able to verify that unauthorized individuals had accessed a subset of T-Mobile data. If you believe you or a loved one were affected by the recent cyberattack on T-Mobile, please fill out our free, no-risk case evaluation from today. At Morgan & Morgan, our expert attorneys have experience in handling mass arbitration cases for victims just like you. When your private information is leaked due to the actions of malicious individuals, it can completely flip your world upside down. The negligence toward their customer's security has been left unchecked for far too long, and those affected deserve justice. In recent years the mobile giant has been hit a grand total of five times, and every time their customers are seemingly unprotected from the possible malicious actions of those hackers. So in August of 2021, when T-Mobile yet again fell victim to a cybersecurity attack that left the personal information of millions exposed and at risk of identity theft, it sent a shock wave through the nation.

T- Mobile is the second-largest telecommunications company in the United States, with over 104 million customers.

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