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T-Mobile Hack is Serious Stuff

Actually Hackers do not like a challenge. Unless it is for setting up a hack worth millions. The average Hacker has so much information to choose from, they are looking for the low hanging fruit.

At least that is what I believe from reading about cybersecurity and cyber hacks. I have believed for a long time, (at least since the early 21st century) that all of my information like Social Security, DOB, home address, etc etc is available somewhere in a hacked database. This is along with everybody else's. So now I have your basic information, what do I do. I have to try and piece together information from other databases and make something fit together. Not impossible, but time consuming. And if you are smarter than the average consumer, I have wasted time.

When a Hack like T-Mobile occurs, there is a bunch of new information that is now available. But I am still looking for the person that has not thought at all about security and has accounts at financial institutions that are not well secured. Not to speak ill, but I understand that the latest brokerage firm to go public has not spent a lot of time on security. So warnings like mine are designed to get people out of their bubble and do basic things to protect themselves and not be low hanging fruit.
 
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Ken555 said:
I switched to Mint Mobile over a year ago, and it’s been great. I was with T-Mobile for years prior, so I’m sure my data is in this mess. Frankly, I expect my data to get exposed in breaches like this and while it’s disappointing, I don’t worry too much about it.
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Mint also uses T-Mobile's network. So is it also possible that compromised SIM information for phones that use the network was also compromised.
 
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Mint also uses T-Mobile's network. So is it also possible that compromised SIM information for phones that use the network was also compromised.
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Mint does not share billing information with T-Mobile, and I’m not too worried about the rest. But yes, it’s an obvious concern that I’m fully aware of. I didn’t think I needed to be that specific since it’s a tangential issue to the point of my post.


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Ken555 said:
Mint does not share billing information with T-Mobile, and I’m not too worried about the rest. But yes, it’s an obvious concern that I’m fully aware of. I didn’t think I needed to be that specific since it’s a tangential issue to the point of my post.


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Good to know, I just converted from ATT and I’m saving a MINT!


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So according to the CEO of T-mobile, everyone affected has been told. I haven't received any information from T-Mobile about the hack but I find it far-fetched that our data wasn't compromised. If you have a T-Mobile account, have you been notified?

Edit - I read further and it indicated that if you had not been affected, you will see a banner on your log in page. I logged in and can confirm that I see the banner. Good for us, I guess. If nothing else, it prompted me to tighten up our account security anyway.

Here's a link to the article. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/mobile-ceo-hack-50m-users-data-79679279
 
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T-Mobile hack: Everything you need to know | ZDNet

This a summary of the T-Mobile hack. The summary comes from a Wall Street Journal article and interview with a person claiming to be a hacker.

The hacker claims he did it in retaliation for being targeted by the FBI. In fact the hacker has filed a lawsuit against the FBI.
 
Cybersecurity incident: T-Mobile has determined that unauthorized access to some of your personal data has occurred. We take this seriously.Learn about our response and how you can take action to protect your credit.

That's the banner I get when I log in. I think I also got a text or an email from them. Since my daughter works in cybersecurity, she sent me several links to stories about it before Tmobile admitted that it was a thing.
 
I did not learn of the hack until I saw it HERE! But, once I learned of it, I saw on the T-Mobile app where we could get free McAfee fraud monitoring for 2 years.

TS
 
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