T-Mobile has confirmed that 5.3 million additional customers were affected by a data breach.
Cyber security attacks have affected more than 53 million T-Mobile customers.
Customers sought compensation by filing two class action lawsuits against the wireless carrier.
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T-Mobile is facing two class-action lawsuits that could have led to the number of people whose personal data was compromised by a cyber attack.
T-Mobile announced Friday that it discovered additional 5.3 million customers and 6667,000 customers had also been hacked.
Bloomberg reported Friday that T-Mobile is facing two class action lawsuits from upset customers. T-Mobile is accused of violating California Consumer Privacy Act. This law allows Californians to view all information that a company saves on them and a complete list of any third parties with which data has been shared. T-Mobile is also accused of violating Washington State Consumer Protection Act due to poor data security.
The lawsuit Espanoza USA Inc. states that the plaintiffs and class members claim their identities are at stake due to neglect by T-Mobile. Plaintiffs also concern themselves with the financial costs and "time spent mitigating effects of Data Breach", which includes time spent dealing or attempted fraud and identity theft.
Customers were able to get their names, addresses and dates of births as well as phone numbers, social security numbers, driver's license information, and even their phone numbers. T-Mobile claims that the additional customers' information did not contain social security numbers or driver's license information.
T-Mobile doesn't believe that any customers were harmed by the attack on their financial, credit, and debit information.
T-Mobile has reset the PINs for these accounts. It also offers additional protection services such as McAfee’s ID Theft Protection Service, and Account Takeover Protection capabilities to all customers.
The company stated that it was continuing to take steps to safeguard all people at risk from cyberattacks, as well as those individuals we have recently identified. We have communicated with millions of customers, as well as other affected persons, and we are offering support in many ways."
T-Mobile was first made aware of the data breach by hackers posting in an underground forum. Vice's Motherboard reported it to T-Mobile.
According to Motherboard, the seller is asking for six bitcoins worth approximately $297,279 at publishing. This amount will cover 30 million social security numbers as well as driver's licenses. Privately, the seller offers the remainder of the compromised information.
