Customer and employee information stolen in latest T-Mobile data breach

By Duncan Riley for SiliconANGLE
Friday, March 6, 2020

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T-Mobile USA Inc. has suffered another data breach following an attack on its email vendor with customer and employee information stolen.

Ilia Kolochenko, founder and chief executive officer of web security company ImmuniWeb, said that in light of the obscure circumstances and clouded scope of the reported breach, it would be premature to assess the overall damage or speculate about the eventual consequences, though he said T-Mobile’s public response seems to be adequate.

“This does not shield T-Mobile from individual lawsuits and class actions from the victims, but will likely minimize any penalties that regulators may impose,” he said. “The victims will likely have to prove negligence or another relatively complicated legal basis to successfully sue, and most importantly, will have to establish their damages or seek an applicable statute that may quantify compensation.” Read Full Article