T-Mobile confirmed a data breach that affects more that 50 million customers in the United States. Hackers accessed customer’s personal information including social security numbers and driver’s license numbers.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel reissued a consumer alert after the company reported last Friday that identifying numbers associated with mobile phones, IMEI and IMSI numbers, were also compromised.
Nessel said, “My Corporate Oversight Division is closely monitoring this developing situation and working to gather more information on the cause, impact to Michigan customers, and response. Unfortunately, this widespread data breach is an example of the lengths hackers will go to steal personal data that can then be sold to bad actors looking to commit fraud.”
T- Mobile is contacting affected customers directly, but Nessel is encouraging people to take advantage of their free, weekly credit reports available during the pandemic from all three national credit bureaus.
Reports are available from AnnualCreditReport.com which is the only truly free source for consumer credit reports.
Reporting for WGRT – Jessie Wiegand
