T-Mobile Says an Additional 5.3 Million Customer Accounts Were Compromised in Data Breach

[0924487]

How many people are there in the US, and how many are T-Mobile subscribers? Isn't that pretty much everyone???

 

[Dark_Omen]

T mobile is a third rate provider. I used them for couple years. They stink.

5G is changing that, although their new CEO is a dirtbag loser compared to Legere.

 

[Apple_Robert]

How many people are there in the US, and how many are T-Mobile subscribers? Isn't that pretty much everyone???

I have seen reports that T-Mobile has 100 million subscribers. There are 332,661,467 people in the U.S.

 

[sw1tcher]

I have seen reports that T-Mobile has 100 million subscribers. There are 332,661,467 people in the U.S.

T-Mobile reports their total customers each quarter.

https://s24.q4cdn.com/400059132/files/doc_financials/2021/q2/NG_TMUS-06_30_2021-EX-99.1.pdf

As of the end of June 2021, they had 104.789 million total (postpaid and prepaid) customers

 

[Little Endian]

I work in IT. Trust me when I tell you this. You need to assume somebody somewhere has all of your information so pay for an ID theft service and don’t keep an amount of cash you couldn’t afford to lose in a checking account with a debit card you actively use. Keep it in savings and transfer only what you need in the short run or, better yet, don’t use a debit card at all for online or physical transactions. If you get fraudulent charges on a debit card that money is gone and it can take days or weeks to try and get it back. With a credit card you are not responsible and if they won’t work with you then you can dispute the charges. Don’t let them get your money. ID protection services may seem like an unnecessary monthly fee right up until you get hit and need them. Find a credit card with good cash back or rewards you want to use and then use that card for everything. Check the charges daily. It’s worth it even if it adds 10 minutes to your day and another monthly fee.

Couldn’t agree more. IDK why people even bothering using debit cards for any kind of purchase period. Always baffles me how I see so many peeps at check out lines using debit. Credit cards offer far better consumer protection and most importantly rewards. Digital Wallets like Apple Pay even better.
Spot in with checking accounts as well. Never keep more than than enough funds to cover 1-2 months in a checking account. Sure interest rates are abysmal right now but almost any savings account will beat your typical checking account. Why keep money just sitting in checking account while it could at least gain you a couple dollars in a better account?

 

[pamploner]

I was told (by the website) almost 24 hours ago I would get a link to activate this.

I'm still waiting.

I then contacted customer service T-Mobile via Apple Business Chat and they told me that I would get the link within 24 - 48 hours of signing up.

Is anyone else's taking this long?

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Stupidly, I signed up for this. They ask and store your whole digital asset: SSN, credit cards, driver's license, all email addr., etc, etc. I suppose they need to know all these so they can monitor them. What happens if McAfee is hacked? Your whole digital world is exposed.

 

[PC_tech]

So with the phone info they got in addition to all your other data. Can they clone your phone and thus gain access to Two-Factor security? Along with stealing your identify of course. If that's the case, then, let the lawsuits fly!

I currently get free lifetime credit monitoring from Experian because of their breach. It's only monitoring though, not lock protection stuff. T-Mobile will need to shut down everyone's phones affected. Then give you a new one. I am SURE they will do this. SURE.

They aren’t going to shut any phones down and give people new ones.

 

[mngdew]

 

[gumbyjunior1]

I think data breaches have become “normalized” and “priced in” on Wall St. at this point, with the expectation that the chances of long-term damage to a company are minimal based on all of the previous data breaches. Data breaches are like Covid-19, it won’t go away completely and eventually we’ll learn to live with it thanks to mitigation measures like a possible SSN replacement.

That standpoint would have me as a consumer very very worried. From a compliance perspective, it makes me wonder if they spent any effort in ensuring that their data is protected or at least segemented. This particular one makes me wonder if it was one big database or a bunch of others. I would have to disagree that data breaches are like Covid-19. Data breaches are preventable if companies execute best practices in security and compliance, for which I can see was not the case here.

 

[swm]

funny how no one questions why a service provider needs access to personal data like one’s SSN.
funny how netflix is fine with a random email, a billing address that might be again fake, and a credit card number they can charge every month.
i see no difference why TM would need any more data than this.
identifying people by phone numbers is such a 80s idea and must be gone now