T-Mobile data breach overview:
- Who: T-Mobile reportedly confirmed it suffered a data breach at the hands of Chinese threat actors.
- Why: The T-Mobile data breach was reportedly the result of a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Salt Typhoon accessing private communications, call records, and law enforcement information requests
- Where: T-Mobile is a telecommunication company used by consumers nationwide.
T-Mobile reportedly confirmed it suffered a data breach amid a series of telecom breaches.
The data breach was caused by Chinese threat actors accessing private communications, call records, and law enforcement information requests, reports BleepingComputer.
T-Mobile reportedly told the Wall Street Journal that its systems were not impacted “in any significant way” and that it had no evidence any customer information was impacted during the Chinese telecom hacks.
“T-Mobile is closely monitoring this industry-wide attack, and at this time, T-Mobile systems and data have not been impacted in any significant way, and we have no evidence of impacts to customer information,” the company reportedly told the newspaper.
T-Mobile reportedly told the Wall Street Journal it would “continue to monitor” the data breach and that it was “working with industry peers and the relevant authorities” in the wake of the data breach incident.
T-Mobile says it will ‘continue to monitor’ data breach following Chinese telecom hacks
T-Mobile reportedly told BleepingComputer that it was monitoring the incident and that it had “seen no significant impacts to T-Mobile systems or data.”
“We have no evidence of access or exfiltration of any customer or other sensitive information as other companies may have experienced,” T-Mobile said, according to BleepingComputer.
T-Mobile’s confirmation reportedly comes after the Wall Street Journal reported Chinese threat actors by the name Salt Typhoon had successfully breached several U.S. telecom companies, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen.
Salt Typhoon has been an active Chinese state-sponsored hacking group since at least 2019 that primarily focuses on attacking government entities and telecom companies in Southeast Asia, reports BleepingComputer.
In other T-Mobile news, a company employee filed a class action lawsuit against T-Mobile in September over claims it failed to pay its on-call technicians the correct amount of overtime.
The class action lawsuit argues T-Mobile underpays its on-call technicians by offering them a flat rate for overtime that allegedly falls short of legal standards.
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79 thoughts onT-Mobile data breach part of Chinese telecom hacks
Back in 2019 I was hacked and had tmobile. My life was changed forever. It was a scary time for me. I switched carriers, and my act with them was also compromised. This went on for about 3 years and I have some crazy stories. It all makes sense now. I would like to be part of this.