March 2, 2022
Attorney General Knudsen Alerts Consumers Impacted by the Massive 2021 T-Mobile Data Breach to Take Steps to Protect Their Personal Information
HELENA - After nearly 37,000 Montanans had their personal information compromised by a massive T-Mobile data breach, Attorney General Austin Knudsen is urging all Montanans who may have been impacted to take appropriate steps to protect their information from identity theft. T-Mobile announced the breach last year but compromised information has recently been for sale on the dark web. Montanans do not need to be current customers of T-Mobile to have been affected
On August 17, 2021, T-Mobile reported a massive data breach impacting
53 million current, former, and prospective T-Mobile customers nationwide. In Montana, that included 2,752 customers and 34,071 former or prospective T-Mobile customers. Among other categories of impacted information, millions had their names, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, and driver's license information compromised.
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