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theft of personal data
Has anyone heard anything from T-Mobile about the massive security breach - due to the company’s extreme carelessness - causing theft of customers’ data? I have learned about this only from news medi...
I haven’t heard from a human about this but I was proactively texted by them to be informed that my account was among the affected.
Ironically I received this SMS was I was researching the latest news about this data breach. (This is the 5th one in 3 years btw, reason enough to kick t-mo to the curb and seek alternatives.)
T-Mobile has determined that unauthorized access to some of your information, or others on your account, has occurred, like name, address, phone number and DOB. Importantly, we have NO information that indicates your SSN, personal financial or payment information, credit/debit card information, account numbers, or account passwords were accessed. We take the protection of our customers seriously. Learn more about practices that keep your account secure and general recommendations for protecting yourself: t-mo.co/Protect
Most current information from them about the breach I think is here:
