T-Mobile CEO calls newest knowledge breach ‘humbling,’ claims it’s dedicated to safety

A current T-Mobile knowledge breach coughed up the knowledge of greater than 50 million folks, together with some who aren’t present clients or by no means have been. The 21-year-old hacker who says they’re answerable for the assault already did an interview with the Wall Street Journal calling its safety “awful,” and now CEO Mike Sievert is talking out.

Sievert says he’s taking a second to replace us now that the breach is contained and the investigation is “substantially complete.” “Keeping our customers’ data safe is a responsibility we take incredibly seriously and preventing this type of event from happening has always been a top priority of ours,” he writes.

It’s true that these assaults occur to many firms, but it surely’s laborious to take the assertion as honest when T-Mobile has had at the least 5 breaches since 2018. That consists of this one, two in 2020, plus one every for 2018 and 2019.

To do one thing about it, T-Mobile is partnering with cybersecurity agency Mandiant and consultants at KPMG to tighten issues up. Will that put an finish to this ridiculous streak of insecurity? No one can know, however that’s greater than the “sorry for any inconvenience” notes launched after among the previous breaches, and naturally, all of the subscribers obtained a free yr of Apple TV Plus. Too unhealthy it’s solely taking place after a hacker made off with sufficient IMEI/IMSI, driver’s license, and social safety knowledge to spend the following few years stealing identities and telephone numbers at will.