Latest T-Mobile news

T-Mobile denies it was hacked, links leaked data to vendor breach

T-Mobile has denied it was breached or that source code was stolen after a threat actor claimed to be selling stolen data from the telecommunications company.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 19, 2024
- 08:43 PM
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FCC fines carriers $200 million for illegally sharing user location

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers almost $200 million for sharing their customers' real-time location data without their consent.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 29, 2024
- 03:41 PM
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T-Mobile, Verizon workers get texts offering $300 for SIM swaps

Criminals are now texting T-Mobile and Verizon employees on their personal and work phones, trying to tempt them with cash to perform SIM swaps.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 16, 2024
- 07:01 PM
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Major T-Mobile outage takes down account access, mobile app

A major T-Mobile outage is preventing customers from logging into their accounts and using the company's mobile app.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 11, 2024
- 06:21 PM
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T-Mobile denies new data breach rumors, points to authorized retailer

T-Mobile has denied suffering another data breach following Thursday night reports that a threat actor leaked a large database allegedly containing T-Mobile employees' data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 22, 2023
- 11:05 AM
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T-Mobile app glitch let users see other people's account info

T-Mobile customers today were able to see other people's account and billing information after logging into the company's official mobile application.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 20, 2023
- 05:11 PM
- 2
T-Mobile discloses second data breach since the start of 2023

T-Mobile disclosed the second data breach of 2023 after discovering that attackers had access to the personal information of hundreds of customers for more than a month, starting late February 2023.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 01, 2023
- 01:28 PM
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Google Fi data breach let hackers carry out SIM swap attacks

Google Fi, Google's U.S.-only telecommunications and mobile internet service, has informed customers that personal data was exposed by a data breach at one of its primary network providers, with some customers warned that it allowed SIM swapping attacks.
- Bill Toulas
- February 01, 2023
- 03:43 PM
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T-Mobile hacked to steal data of 37 million accounts in API data breach

T-Mobile disclosed a new data breach after a threat actor stole the personal information of 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts through one of its Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 19, 2023
- 05:19 PM
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T-Mobile hacker gets 10 years for $25 million phone unlock scheme

Argishti Khudaverdyan, the former owner of a T-Mobile retail store, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a $25 million scheme where he unlocked and unblocked cellphones by hacking into T-Mobile's internal systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 18, 2022
- 10:03 AM
- 2
Mobile store owner hacked T-Mobile employees to unlock phones

A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in California has been found guilty of a $25 million scheme where he illegally accessed T-Mobile's internal systems to unlock and unblock cell phones.
- Bill Toulas
- August 02, 2022
- 11:02 AM
- 0
Vodafone plans carrier-level user tracking for targeted ads

Vodafone is piloting a new advertising ID system called TrustPid, which will work as a persistent user tracker at the mobile Internet Service Provider (ISP) level.
- Bill Toulas
- May 30, 2022
- 04:00 PM
- 3
T-Mobile confirms Lapsus$ hackers breached internal systems

T-Mobile has confirmed that the Lapsus$ extortion gang breached its network "several weeks ago" using stolen credentials and gained access to internal systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 22, 2022
- 11:19 AM
- 3
T-Mobile customers warned of unblockable SMS phishing attacks

An ongoing phishing campaign targets T-Mobile customers with malicious links using unblockable texts sent via SMS (Short Message Service) group messages.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 15, 2022
- 02:14 PM
- 2
NY OAG warns T-Mobile data breach victims of identity theft risks

The New York State Office of the Attorney General (NY OAG) 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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 03, 2022
- 10:17 PM
- 0
T-Mobile says new data breach caused by SIM swap attacks

T-Mobile confirmed that recent reports of a new data breach are linked to notifications sent to a "very small number of customers" that they fell victim to SIM swap attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 29, 2021
- 12:03 PM
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T-Mobile says it blocked 21 billion scam calls this year

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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 20, 2021
- 10:46 AM
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FTC: ISPs collect and monetize far more user data than you’d think

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that six largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the U.S. collect and share customers' personal data without providing them with info on how it's used or meaningful ways to control this process.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- October 23, 2021
- 10:00 AM
- 2
T-Mobile CEO: Hacker brute-forced his way through our network

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.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 27, 2021
- 12:51 PM
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T-Mobile data breach just got worse — now at 54 million customers

The T-Mobile data breach keeps getting worse as an update to their investigation now reveals that cyberattack exposed over 54 million individuals' data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 20, 2021
- 12:30 PM
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