T-Mobile, CFPB, others experience recent data breaches

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Recent data breaches overview: 

• Who: T-Mobile, Amtel LLC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Minnesota Dept. of Education, Managed Care of North America and Jewel-Osco recently suffered data breaches. 
• Why: The data breaches potentially compromised the personal and financial data of consumers and employees. 
• Where: Data breaches affect consumers nationwide. 
• What are my options: Norton LifeLock carries many options when it comes to data security.

A number of companies recently suffered data breaches that potentially compromised the personal and financial data of consumers and employees. 

T-Mobile disclosed in late April that it suffered a data breach — its second of the year — that exposed the private information of more than 800 of its customers. 

The T-Mobile data breach exposed customers’ names, birthdates, addresses, Social Security numbers, contact information, government IDs and T-Mobile accounts PINs. 

T-Mobile says the data breach occurred between February and March; however, it chose not to disclose how it happened and maintained that no personal financial information or call records were exposed. 

“We take these issues seriously. We apologize that this happened and are furthering efforts to enhance security of your information,” T-Mobile says in a data breach notification letter.

T-Mobile retailer Amtel failed to adequately safeguard employee data, class action claims 

A former employee of T-Mobile retailer Amtel LLC filed a class action lawsuit earlier this month over claims it failed to adequately safeguard and secure its former employees’ personally identifiable information. 

Amtel is accused of leaving former employees’ personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, vulnerable to a cyberattack that may have affected thousands of consumers. 

The former Amtel employee says she is concerned her personally identifiable information may be for sale on the dark web. 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau discloses it suffered data breach 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) disclosed in May that the agency suffered a data breach affecting both consumers and financial institutions that it attributes to the actions of a now-former CFPB examiner.

The CFPB says the data breach occurred after the former examiner sent confidential records, including supervisory information on 45 financial institutions and two spreadsheets with info for seven financial institutions, to a personal email account. 

One of the financial institutions impacted by the data breach has 256,000 customers who may have had their personal information compromised, according to the CFPB. 

The CFPB reassured consumers the information exposed in the data breach did not include bank account numbers and that the stolen data could not be used to gain unauthorized access to customer accounts. 

Minnesota Dept. of Education suffers data breach due to MOVEit data breach 

The Minnesota Dept. of Education (MDE) disclosed earlier this month that it suffered a data breach as a result of a cyberattack on the MOVEit file transfer system it uses to securely share files. 

The MDE says the data breach, which has been attributed to a Russian hacking group called CLOP, impacted 95,000 students by exposing their names and dates of birth and, in some cases, their home addresses. 

Students who had their personal information compromised during the data breach should take precautions going forward to spot and prevent any potential fraud attempts. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation released a joint advisory warning earlier this month about an ongoing hacking campaign being perpetrated by CL0P. 

CL0P is the same group believed to be behind a previous cybercrime spree in 2021 on a file transfer software vendor that led to a number of data breaches. 

In this case, CL0P targeted the MOVEit file transfer system in an attempt to steal data belonging to its clients, with confirmed victims including the UK-based payroll services provider Zellis, British Airways and the BBC. 

CL0P, in a post on its page on the dark web, warned that it would leak and publish data stolen from companies if it did not receive a ransom payment by a June 14 deadline. 

Dental Insurer Managed Care of North America discloses data breach attributed to LockBit

In May, dental insurer Managed Care of North America (MCNA) disclosed it suffered a data breach in February that exposed the personal medical data and Social Security numbers of almost 9 million patients. 

The MCNA says the data breach, which the hacking group LockBit has taken responsibility for, exposed information about dental and orthodontics treatments, as well as information such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and bills and insurance claims. 

LockBit published what the hacking group alleged was the full set of files it stole during the data breach on the dark web after its demand for ransom was not met. 

Chicago supermarket chain Jewel-Osco suffers data breach that exposed private information of workers

Albertsons, the parent company of Jewel-Osco, sent a letter to the Chicago supermarket chain’s workers in April to warn them about a data breach exposing their private information, including their names, birthdates and Social Security numbers.

The data breach, which occurred last December, was attributed to hackers who were able to access Jewel-Osco’s internal systems. 

Albertsons says it will provide Jewel-Osco employees with free identity protection services. 

Have you been impacted by one of these data breaches? Let us know in the comments.

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