- T-Mobile confirmed a breach of its computer network exposed Social Security numbers, birth dates, driver’s license information and other data of more than 40 million current and future customers, as well as 7.8 million existing customers, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company said phone numbers, account numbers, passwords and financial information were not compromised.
- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will investigate the breach, Reuters reports. “Telecommunications companies have a duty to protect their customers’ information. The FCC is aware of reports of a data breach affecting T-Mobile customers and we are investigating,” an FCC spokesperson said.
- Wired reports the T-Mobile breach exposed a variety of data that could be used in damaging and more convincing ways. “This is ripe for using the phone numbers and names to send out SMS-based phishing messages that are crafted in a way that’s a little bit more believable,” Director of Threat Intelligence at email security company Abnormal Security Crane Hassold said.
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