Are YOU at risk? Hackers steal personal information from 15 MILLION phone customers

ackers have stolen data from 15 million T-Mobile customers

HACKERS have stolen personal information from 15 million mobile phone customers – including home addresses and birth dates.

 

The shocking security breach – which affects T-Mobile customers – was at a unit of credit reporting agency Experian.

Experian is used by the mobile phone giant to check the credit of people applying for phone plans.

Furious T-Mobile chief executive John Legere said: "I take our customer and prospective customer privacy very seriously. This is no small issue for us.

"I do want to assure our customers that neither T-Mobile's systems nor network were part of this intrusion and this did not involve any payment card numbers or bank account information.

"Experian has assured us that they have taken aggressive steps to improve the protection of their system and of our data."

 

Are YOU at risk? Hackers steal personal information from 15 MILLION phone customers

 

T-Mobile CEO John Legere slammed the hackers

US subscribers who were credit-checked between September 2013 and last month are most at risk, according to experts.

It is the latest in a string of hacks of high-profile businesses, including adultery website Ashley Madison, eBay and Sony Pictures.

Almost 800 data breaches were reported last year by American organisations, according to the Identity Theft Resource Centre.

T-Mobile is the third biggest wireless carrier in the US, behind Verizon and AT&T.

An Experian spokesman said the company does not know who was behind the hack and is taking "necessary steps" to prevent further breaches.