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T-Mobile investigating hack that affected 37 million customer accounts

GeekWire

(GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) T-Mobile disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that a hacker obtained data from about 37 million customer accounts using an API, or application programming interface. 25, and T-Mobile identified the bad actor Jan. The Bellevue, Wash.-based The hack started on or around Nov.

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A hacker claims to be selling data on over 100 million T-Mobile customers; the company says it is investigating

TechSpot

According to a Motherboard report, the data comes from compromised T-Mobile servers and includes information on social security numbers, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver licenses. The publication has verified it contains accurate information on T-Mobile customers.

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T-Mobile says 48 million current and former customers impacted by hack, offers free identity theft protection

TechSpot

Earlier this week, it was reported that a hacker was offering to sell T-Mobile customer data. They claimed to have information relating to 100 million accounts, asking 6 Bitcoin, around $270,000, for a subset that contained info on 30 million social security numbers and driver licenses.

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T-Mobile investigating report of customer data breach that reportedly involves 100 million people

The Verge

T Mobile may have suffered a customer data breach | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. T-Mobile confirmed Sunday that it’s looking into an online forum post that claims to be selling a large trove of its customers’ sensitive data. We do not have any additional information to share at this time.”.

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T-Mobile data breach exposed the personal info of more than 47 million people

The Verge

T-Mobile has released more information about its most recent data breach , and while the company’s findings fall short of the reported 100 million records, the numbers are staggering. In its last earnings report ( PDF ), T-Mobile said it had over 104 million customers. T-Mobile found out about the breach based on a forum post.

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T-Mobile: ‘We Know How the Hacker Did It’

SecureWorld News

We have new information on the T-Mobile data breach that compromised the personal information of millions of customers just a couple weeks ago. The data breach resulted in the personal information of approximately 54 million customers being accessed by the hacker. T-Mobile data breach details.

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T-Mobile is giving customers a free year of Apple TV Plus

The Verge

T-Mobile has announced a new promotional perk for its customers: starting on August 25th, both new and existing subscribers to its Magenta and Magenta Max plans can get a year’s subscription to Apple TV Plus. Regular T-Mobile customers can do that, too, should they prefer.). Photo: Apple. Watch ‘Foundation’ for free.

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