T-Mobile confirms security breach
Following yesterday’s news of a possible security breach at T-Mobile, the carrier has confirmed today it was indeed a victim of data theft. According to the company, internal information posted on the Internet by hackers was authentic. T-Mobile also claims however, that the stolen data does not appear to jeopardize its customers.
Regarding the recent claim on a Web site, we’ve identified the document from which information was copied and believe possession of this alone is not enough to cause harm to our customers.
A bit PR-ish, considering the hackers claim to have obtained several confidential documents along with financial and database data. The unnamed group first tried to sell said information to T-Mobile competitors and when that didn’t work they offered the data up to the highest bidder. Whether or not a sale has taken place is unclear for the time being.
Thanks, Chris!
That sucks. I see a ton of credit check services getting some new biz. Ever wonder if the credit unions are in on these thefts??? Think about it???
Ps. Sweet pic of Angelina Jolie from Hackers. Bad movie, but great wet tshirt scene…
Ick
“claim to have obtained several confidential documents along with financial and database data”
Why is it you all assume this MUST mean customer/user information? Please use your thinking caps and some common sense before causing a riot. No one likes yelling “FIRE!” in the crowded theater more than internet blog sites, huh?
I’ll worry when they specifically say “CUSTOMER” information was compromised. Until then, there is no wolf, Peter.
That looks like Harry Potter w/o the glasses…ughhh… So what were they trying to sell, logs of all my complaints about dropped calls?
Can they release a new phone already? Damn.
Zack, you didn’t like my dude in the green shirt comment yest? I see this pic. is about as dolled up as she can get with the short hair! lol
You mean best movie ever!
Anybody else think that this sale thing is just a honey pot setup by t-mobile to catch their competition?
Competition? You mean someone else is fighting T-Mobile to have the worst coverage and less customers?
@NegativeJoe – did you bother to read the message posted by the ones who claim to have the data? How about you shut your pie hole and the rubbish it spews until you know what the hell you’re talking about.
The Full Disclosure message specifically says “everything” and if you read through the detail, if you can read, there are several mentions of customer databases.
Don’t be a moron.
acid burn…
it could also be employee’s private data, which would be about the same. look at it this way: assuming so much as a few people had their data stolen (and one of them was a low or mid-level manager), they could easily access t-mobile’s intranet remotely and therefore access client’s data. what kind of data, i don’t know (because generally, credit data isn’t easily accessible on their system i think).
What I want to know, is does this constitute a breach of agreement on T-Mo’s part? In other words, am I out free, no ETF?
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/166395/tmobile_data_was_not_taken_by_hacking_company_says.html
Can you say “not within 50 feet of a computer for 20 years”?
“Following a recent online posting that an alleged hacker apparently accessed T-Mobile servers, the company is conducting a thorough investigation and at this time has found no evidence that customer information, or other company information, has been compromised. Media or blogger reports to the contrary are inaccurate and should be corrected. T-Mobile continues to monitor this situation and as a precaution has taken additional measures to further ensure our customers’ information and our systems are protected. As is our standard practice, customers can be assured if there is any evidence that customer or system information has been compromised, we would inform those affected as quickly as possible.”
Official statement BGR
@McHale…I thought they were fighting sprint for those illustrious achievments! lol
Hey BG! Yeah you….
If this were an article about any other carriers’ security being compromised the staff would have already adressed whether or not this meant an ETF free depature from a contract, and if so, there would be detailed instructions on how to do so.
So what gives, are we free to jump or not?