Are you a T-Mobile prepaid customers do? If so, you should immediately create or update account PIN / password for your association, to provide additional protection. US-based telecom giant T-Mobile revealed today along with another data breach event, which recently exposed some of the potential use of personal information of its customers of prepaid services.
what happened? T-Mobile in a statement posted on its Web site that its network security team discovered the "malicious, unauthorized access", a prepaid wireless account information customer-related information from undisclosed number. However, the company did not disclose the exact way the vulnerability occurs, the time when and how attackers unauthorized access to private information about the company managed to pre-paid customers.
Hacker has access to what type of information? Wireless account associated with the customer's pre-paid for stolen data includes: name, phone number, billing address (if the customer provides this data during account creation), account number, as well as for planning and functional scores, such as whether the customer adds international phone features.
T-Mobile said: "According to FCC rules, the charging scheme and function of a voice call service is 'customer proprietary network information' ( 'CPNI'), which requires us to provide notice of this event to you." What type of information has not been damage? The telecom giant confirmed that the security breach incidents, no financial information, social security numbers and passwords compromised.
T-Mobile is now doing? The company has taken the necessary measures to shut down unauthorized access after the discovery, security event and immediately notify law enforcement authorities. The company also informed affected customers by e-mail, and directs them to the customer on the T-Mobile website support page.
T-Mobile also made it clear that if you do not receive e-mail notification company, it is likely that your account is not the account affected by the incident, but "you may not receive the (company) letter, because it is not your .-date contact information "T-Mobile said:" we have been working to improve security so that we can ahead of malicious activity and protect our customers we take a variety of protective measures to protect your personal information from not. authorized access, use or disclosure. "(welcome to reprint share)