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Hackers Stole Personal Data of 2 Million T-Mobile Customers (vice.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

On late Thursday, T-Mobile revealed that hackers stole some of the personal data of 2 million people in a new data breach. From a report: In a brief intrusion, hackers stole "some" customer data including names, email addresses, account numbers, and other billing information. The good news is that they did not get credit card numbers, social security numbers, or passwords, according to the company. In its announcement, T-Mobile said that its cybersecurity team detected an "unauthorized capture of some information" on Monday, Aug. 20. A company spokesperson told me that the breach affected "about" or "slightly less than" 3% of its 77 million customers.

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  1. Is it "malicious hackers stole data of millions"? by Mr.+Dollar+Ton · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Or is it "reckless company did not protect the data of millions"?

    About time the blame is shared, no?

  2. hmm by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 2

    "some" customer data including names, email addresses, account numbers, and other billing information.

    Maybe I'm just jaded, but judging by the catalogs I got in the mail, shoe companies (for example) that I'd never shopped at had at least this much information about me. In the nineties.

    (OK, in all seriousness, yeah, possible social engineering attacks and all that. Though I must point out, even I don't know my account number ... )

  3. Re: Is it "malicious hackers stole data of million by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Catherine Zeta-Jones would say that this is, wait for it, wait for it...

    Entrapment.

    I'll show myself out now.

  4. Wrong headline this is positive news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know its not in good taste to actually read the article, but...

    The headline should read "T-Mobile in a break from most large corporation intrusions almost immediately detects and prevents breach in it's early stages protecting 97% of its customer data"

    T-Mobile caught the hack the SAME DAY and stopped it at 3%. Then publically reported it 4 days later rather than waiting for their executive board to cash out. Unless more information comes out to the contrary this should be held up as an example of success where a large company finally mostly protects their/your data and honestly reports details quickly.

  5. Re:Is it "malicious hackers stole data of millions by Mr.+Dollar+Ton · · Score: 2

    T-mobile wasn't "dressed provocatively", they just didn't want to pay for security. But congrats on the nice false equivalence.