T-Mobile Identifies 5.3m More Accounts Accessed in Cyberattack

T-Mobile has identified 5.3 million more current customer accounts that had names, phone numbers or certain other types of data illegally accessed in a cyberattack, according to a filing.

• Company had previously reported that information from about 7.8 million current postpaid customer accounts was compromised
• Additional accounts did not have any Social Security numbers or driver’s license/ID information compromised
• “We are confident that we have closed off the access and egress points the bad actor used in the attack”
• Company has identified 667,000 additional accounts of former customers accessed; previously reported that files on 40 million former or prospective customers ...