T-Mobile cyberattack and data theft

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Made public · 76,600,000 people

What leaked9

Replaceable

  • Mobile account PIN
  • IMSI

Hard to replace

  • Phone IMEI
  • Driver's licence number
  • Mobile number
  • Home or delivery address

Permanent

  • Social Security number
  • Date of birth
  • Full name
  • Mobile account PINaccount PINs of about 850,000 active prepaid customers; T-Mobile reset them
  • Social Security number7.8 million current customers and about 40 million former or prospective customers
  • Driver's licence numberdriver's licence or ID number

To-dos10 · about 2 h in all

  1. Freeze your credit at Equifax, Experian and TransUnionabout 30 minfreeStops: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
  2. Get an IRS Identity Protection PINabout 20 minStops: tax refund fraud (opens in a new tab)
  3. Turn on instant transaction alertsabout 5 minHelps you notice: bank account fraud, scam calls
  4. Place a fraud alert on your credit reportsabout 10 minfreeLimits harm from: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)
  5. Check your credit reports every week, freeabout 20 minfreeHelps you notice: credit in your name (opens in a new tab)

What happened next16 events

Disputes: 2 events

Back to latest
  1. Final approval of the class settlement covering about 76 million U.S. residents
  2. Agreed to settle the consolidated class action: 350 million USD fund plus 150 million USD of extra security spending in 2022-2023
Company
T-Mobile
When it happened
Company detected it
Made public
Notice
Leak confirmed
Affected
76,600,000 people · class settlement count, cited by the FCC; 7.8 million current postpaid customers and about 40 million former or prospective customers with SSN

How the facts developed

  1. Phone numbers, IMEI and IMSI also taken; 5.3 million more postpaid accounts and 667,000 former customer accounts
  2. First details: names, birth dates, SSN and driver's licence data of 7.8 million current postpaid customers and about 40 million former or prospective customers; 850,000 prepaid PINs

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