T-mobile company suffered a significant data breach in a cyber attack in August 2022.
A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock was guilty of 14 federal criminal charges related to his $25 million scheme to enrich himself by stealing T-Mobile employee credentials and unlawfully accessing the company's internal computer systems to illicitly "unlock" and "unblock" cellphones.
Around 25 million customers' data was compromised in the attack.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/t-mobile
"id": "tmo1148161122",
"linkid": "t-mobile",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '25 million',
'industry': 'Telecommunications',
'location': 'Eagle Rock',
'name': 'T-Mobile',
'type': 'Telecommunications Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Credential Theft',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '25 million',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Customer data'},
'date_detected': 'August 2022',
'description': 'T-Mobile company suffered a significant data breach in a '
'cyber attack in August 2022. A former owner of a T-Mobile '
'retail store in Eagle Rock was guilty of 14 federal criminal '
'charges related to his $25 million scheme to enrich himself '
'by stealing T-Mobile employee credentials and unlawfully '
"accessing the company's internal computer systems to "
"illicitly 'unlock' and 'unblock' cellphones. Around 25 "
"million customers' data was compromised in the attack.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Customer data',
'legal_liabilities': '14 federal criminal charges',
'systems_affected': 'Internal computer systems'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Stolen Employee Credentials'},
'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Stolen Employee Credentials'},
'regulatory_compliance': {'legal_actions': '14 federal criminal charges'},
'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True},
'threat_actor': 'Former owner of a T-Mobile retail store',
'title': 'T-Mobile Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Stolen Employee Credentials'}