On August 16, 2021, T-Mobile confirmed that a breach has occurred in their system. According to reports, someone on a hacker forum claimed that they got access to data of 100 million T-Mobile customers. The cellular service has confirmed that nearly 50 million customers were affected in the breach. Information includes customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license information. T-Mobile has said they have fixed the security issue and access to data has been closed. No financial information was accessed. The company has suffered a data breach in each of the past three years. 

What This Means

When a site is breached, your personal information can be accessed by hackers and can be made publicly available on the internet. Any information of a person has a chance to be exposed, no matter how secure the site can be.

How to Protect Yourself

There is no guaranteed way to prevent identity theft, however, there are certain actions you can take to protect yourself and limit your risk. Change all your passwords periodically, check your credit card and bank statements consistently, and use a credit monitoring service. Use these precautionary steps to reduce your risk of identity theft, and follow us on social media for future data breach alerts.

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