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Experian, T-Mobile data breach settlements overview:
- Who: Experian and T-Mobile will pay 40 U.S. states a total of $16 million in settlements.
- Why: The settlements resolve claims alleging the companies were responsible for data breaches in 2012 and 2015 that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers.
- Where: The Experian and T-Mobile data breach settlements are between the companies and 40 states in the U.S.
Experian and T-Mobile will pay 40 U.S. states a total of $16 million in settlements to end claims the companies were responsible for data breaches in 2012 and 2015 that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers.
In statements released Oct. 7, a group of state attorneys general announced that they had reached a settlement for more than $13.67 million with Experian for its role in allowing the two breaches.
T-Mobile will pay $2.5 million in connection with the 2015 breach, which affected 15 million people who filed credit applications with the company.
Under the settlements, the companies agreed to improve their data security practices.
“These data breaches will keep happening until we force change in corporate behavior,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says. “Experian and T-Mobile failed in their responsibility to safeguard consumers’ personal information. Their systems were vulnerable to a massive data breach, and the personal identifying information for millions of Americans was put at risk.”
Experian, T-Mobile suffer major data breaches
In September 2015, Experian reported it experienced a data breach in which an unauthorized actor gained access to part of its network that stored personal information on behalf of its client, T-Mobile.
The Experian breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, identification numbers, such as driver’s license and passport numbers, and related information used in T-Mobile’s own credit assessments.
A 40-state multistate group obtained separate settlements from Experian and T-Mobile in connection with the 2015 data breach. As part of a $12.67 million settlement, Experian agreed to strengthen its due diligence and data security practices going forward.
In a separate $2.43 million settlement, T-Mobile agreed to detailed vendor management provisions designed to strengthen its oversight going forward.
The settlement with T-Mobile does not concern the unrelated, “massive data breach” announced by T-Mobile in August 2021, which is still under investigation by a multistate coalition of attorneys general, the settlement notice said.
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This is so bad that this company handle all of your personal information that make decision for you to apply for credit, loans and etc decision. This is very harmful to people for this to happen cause it’s not clearing the matter up nor is it stop people from now using other people information to purchase things in there name and get away with it. I have been fighting with all of these credit Bureau about information that is not mines. As they don’t understand your system allow someone to hack into your system steal my personal information and you don’t want to remove it if I explain to you I never applied for this company or you did research on this company. It’s just bad how much damage this does to people and there lives in time
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That’s terrible. I had T mobile during that time frame. How would I know if my information was sold? That’s really scary and I had had problems with my credit, that to me were unexplainable during that time. If I am in that group I want to be added to the list as well. You think you can trust big companies who seem to be on the up and up. Shame.
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I think it stinks and its major an actor for what he need that info for what? That could get ppl killed and it has i know a few because of this breach of similarties of these ppl info leaked out mine did its all over the internate because of this. Judy records had the same thing breach the bar asst. in san franscioco dispiline depart. Over 60 million records were breech this yesr in feb. Of 2022 its terrible and dangerous.
I think it stinks and its major an actor for what he need that info for what? That could get ppl killed and it has i know a few because of this breach of similarties of these ppl info leaked oug mine did its all oved ggd interbate because of this. Judy recors had the same thing breach st the car in san branscioco dispiline depart. Over 60 million records were breech this yesr in deb. Of 2022 its terrible and dangerous.tami