Security News

T-Mobile says new data breach caused by SIM swap attacks
2021-12-29 17:03

T-Mobile confirmed that recent reports of a new data breach are linked to notifications sent to a "Very small number of customers" who fell victim to SIM swap attacks. SIM swapping makes it possible for attackers to take control of a target's mobile phone number by tricking or bribing the carrier's employees to reassign the numbers to attacker-controlled SIM cards.

T-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam calls this year
2021-12-20 15:46

T-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam, spam, and unwanted robocalls this year through its free Scam Shield robocall and scam protection service, amounting to an average of 1.8 billion scam calls identified or blocked every month. Last year, when it announced the Scam Shield service, T-Mobile said it could detect or block approximately 12 billion scam calls in 2019 and that around 30 million Americans fell victim to a phone scam within 12 months.

T-Mobile’s Security Is ‘Awful,’ Says Purported Thief
2021-08-28 16:58

On Thursday, a 21-year-old US citizen claiming to be the attacker who stole data on more than 50 million T-Mobile customers called the telecom's security "Awful." As of Aug. 18, T-Mobile had estimated the total number of ripped-off records to be ~40 million: a number that rose to ~50 million on Aug. 20 and could double if the purported thief is true to his word.

T-Mobile CEO: Hacker brute-forced his way through our network
2021-08-27 16:51

Today, T-Mobile's CEO Mike Sievert said that the hacker behind the carrier's latest massive data breach brute forced his way through T-Mobile's network after gaining access to testing environments. Sievert added that, following an investigation supported by Mandiant security experts, the company closed the access points used by the hacker to breach T-Mobile's network.

T-Mobile CEO: Hackers brute-forced their way through our network
2021-08-27 16:51

Today, T-Mobile's CEO Mike Sievert said that the hackers behind the carrier's latest massive data breach were able to brute force their way through T-Mobile's network after gaining access to testing environments. In 2018, info belonging to millions of T-Mobile customers was accessed by hackers.

Details of the Recent T-Mobile Breach
2021-08-27 13:37

Seems that 47 million customers were affected. Surprising no one, T-Mobile had awful security. I’ve lost count of how many times T-Mobile has been hacked.

T-Mobile data breach just got worse — now at 54 million customers
2021-08-20 16:30

The T-Mobile data breach keeps getting worse as an update to their investigation now reveals that cyberattack exposed over 54 million individuals' data. The hacker said that the stolen database contains the data for approximately 100 million T-Mobile customers.

How to protect your T-Mobile account in light of the latest data breach
2021-08-20 11:29

In response to a breach that compromised the personal data of millions of subscribers, T-Mobile customers should change their password and PIN and set up two-step verification. A cyberattack against T-Mobile has resulted in the theft and compromise of certain personal data of almost 50 million people.

What’s Next for T-Mobile and Its Customers? – Podcast
2021-08-19 22:06

You know, another fresh look at patching to make sure that there isn't, you know, as little porous of a situation as there can be. Jennifer Bisceglie: To me, I think to your point, is it different servers, different containers? There's lots of different technologies that, you know, can separate these things.

T-Mobile breach exposed personal data of almost 50 million people
2021-08-19 16:54

A cyberattack against T-Mobile has compromised the personal information of almost 50 million people, according to the carrier. In an update posted on Tuesday, the company said that certain customer data had been accessed and stolen by unauthorized individuals and that the data did include some personal information for a wide range of customers.