T-Mobile Alerts Customers to Hack That May Have Compromised Data

T-Mobile US Inc. alerted its customers about a hack that may have compromised personal information such as names, phone numbers and email addresses.

The cybersecurity team of the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier discovered and shut down the breach on Aug. 20, the company said in a website statement. The hack may have exposed information including billing zip codes, account numbers and account types such as prepaid or postpaid, the carrier said.

“None of your financial data (including credit card information) or social security numbers were involved, and no passwords were compromised,” the company said. “We promptly reported it to ...