T-Mobile pins latest data breach on SIM swapping

T-Cell remains to be affected by knowledge breaches, though its newest headache could also be extra reflective of the telephone enterprise at giant. The provider has confirmed to Bleeping Laptop {that a} latest knowledge breach stemmed from SIM swapping assaults. Intruders compromised a “very small quantity” of shoppers by reassigning SIM playing cards or viewing “restricted” account data, T-Cell mentioned.

It isn’t clear what strategies the attackers used, however SIM swaps are ceaselessly used to take management of web accounts and circumvent SMS-based two-factor authentication. The assaults typically depend on tricking or paying provider workers to make the swaps.

 The supplier mentioned it “shortly corrected” the issue utilizing present measures and took additional steps to guard targets. The corporate additionally contended that swaps are a “frequent industry-wide prevalence.” Whereas that is sadly true, that will not be a lot assist for victims — it may very well be a protracted whereas earlier than SIM swap assaults are impractical.