T-mobile hack exposed personal data of 2 million customers

T-mobile confirmed that it suffered a data breach on its US servers on 20 August. According to a letter from the company, the breach may have resulted in the exposure of personal information of up to 2 million customers. The data leaked included customers’ name, billing zip code, phone number, email address, account number and account type (prepaid or postpaid). However, financial data, social security numbers and passwords weren’t compromised. The company has reported the breach to the authorities and has reached out to the customers affected.