Tag Archives: Breach

T-Mobile Customers Affected from 2021 Breach Will Soon Receive Settlement Money

Remember the massive breach in 2021 that exposed the names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers of almost 76 million T-Mobile customers? T-Mobile will soon be releasing the payments for affected customers.  After the breach, T-Mobile agreed to pay a $350 million settlement in 2022 that affected customers claimed for not protecting their information. Although the settlement does not indicate that T-Mobile admitted its mistake, it’s one option for the company to avoid … [read full article]

Report: T-Mobile Employees Getting Offers for SIM Swap Participation

SIM swapping issues continue to be a problem that many consumers experience everyday. Despite the numerous warnings that carriers send out to their customers, scammers continue to come up with new ways they can victimize people.  Recently, The Mobile Report shared that a bad actor is using employee data from T-Mobile to victimize employees. Several Redditors have reported their experience of receiving texts with a cash offer … [read full article]

T-Mobile to send out letters regarding “unauthorized access” of customers’ personal details

2013 was not a great year for personal security. Whether it’s Snapchat or the NSA’s shenanigans, there have been more reports of account hacking than we’ve seen in a long time. Even Apple’s own developer account was shut down for a couple of weeks due to a security breach. It seems T-Mobile customers may have had their personal information compromised too. … [read full article]