T-Mobile Hit With Another Proposed Class Action Over Data Breach

T-Mobile U.S. Inc. was slapped with another proposed class action accusing the telecommunications company of acting negligently and failing to safeguard consumers’ personally identifiable information from a recent data breach.

The company’s poor security posture left consumers’ Social Security numbers and other information vulnerable to the breach, alleged plaintiffs Randall and Misty Norris in a complaint filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

The plaintiffs, both Alabama residents, argued that the T-Mobile breach puts them at current and future risk of fraud.

“Despite Defendant’s commitment to protecting personal information, T-Mobile failed to prioritize data ...