Security News > 2022 > March > NY OAG warns T-Mobile data breach victims of identity theft risks
The New York State Office of the Attorney General warned victims of the August 2021 T-Mobile data breach that they faced identity theft risks after some of the stolen information ended up for sale on the dark web.
The alert comes after individuals impacted in the incident were notified by identity theft protection services that their info was found online, demonstrating that affected consumers are now at heightened risk for identity theft.
"Information stolen in a massive data breach has fallen into the wrong hands and is circulating on the dark web," said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Information of T-Mobile's August breach surfaced after a threat actor claimed on a hacking forum to sell a database containing personal info of roughly 100 million T-Mobile customers.
Data stolen in the incident includes Social Security numbers, phone numbers, names, addresses, dates of birth, T-Mobile prepaid PINs, and driver license/ID information.
A quarter out of the total of roughly 5.7 million consumer reports filed last year with the FTC were reports of identity theft.
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