T-Mobile US hack affects 37 million customers

Magenta mobile operator T-Mobile has been left pink with embarrassment following a data breach affecting 37 million customers.
The self-styled ‘uncarrier’ late last week revealed a hacker exploited an application programming interface (API) to gain unauthorised access to customer information. Somewhat disconcerting is T-Mobile’s admission that it believes the hack commenced around 25 November, but the telco didn’t learn it was under attack until 5 January.
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