T-Mobile denies data breach despite hacker claims

Posted by Joe on June 15th, 2009

A proprietary T-Mobile document that hackers claimed had been stolen from the company's servers appeared on an Internet security website earlier this month. The anonymous individual that provided the document also claimed that they would be selling the compromised T-Mobile data to the highest bidder. T-Mobile responded by stating that they had identified the document in question and that "possession of this alone is not enough to cause harm to our customers." Additionally, T-Mobile has stated that the access to this company information was not gained through any type of hack on its servers and no customer information is as risk. It is not clear at this point exactly how the third parties access the T-Mobile document.

Over 32 million people subscribe to T-Mobile service in the United States, so any activity that put the company's customers data at risk could potentially have repercussions for millions of Americans. We will continue to monitor developments in this situation and provide relevant updates as they are available.

It is important to note that there is no data to support any type of data breach that impacts T-Mobile customers at this point. But, there are enough open questions about the circumstances involved that we would warn T-Mobile customers to be extra aware of any unusual activity on their credit reports or bank statements that may be the early indicator of potential identity theft.

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