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            T-Mobile Hacked, Information on 100 Million Users Stolen

   Josh Centers

   In what has become all-too-routine news, cellular carrier [1]T-Mobile
   has confirmed that hackers broke into its systems, stealing the
   personal data of many millions of users. Motherboard discovered the
   data being sold on an underground forum, with the seller claiming that
   they had data on 100 million customers. T-Mobile says it has kicked the
   hackers out of its systems, but not before they took off with customer
   names, phone numbers, physical addresses, social security numbers,
   driver license information, and IMEI numbers.

   Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about such breaches other
   than making sure you don't reuse the same passwords across multiple
   sites (although passwords don't seem to have been part of this
   particular breach) and keeping an eye on your financial accounts and
   credit report.

   [2]Read original article

References

   1. https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d4dw/t-mobile-confirms-it-was-hacked
   2. https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d4dw/t-mobile-confirms-it-was-hacked

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