Michigan AG Nessel Reissues Consumer Alert on Recent T-Mobile Breach

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Lansing, MI – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reissuing a consumer alert that provides information on responding to a data breach after T-Mobile confirmed the company suffered a breach that affects approximately 37 million U.S. customers.

T-Mobile said that the breach happened between November 25th, 2022 and January 5th, 2023 and may have exposed information including names, billing addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, and T-Mobile account numbers.

T-Mobile believes that no passwords, payment card information, social security numbers or other financial account information was accessed. The impact of this breach is currently undetermined. Consumers should remain vigilant for suspicious emails, texts, or phone calls in the wake of this data breach.

T-Mobile said that they will be contacting affected customers. They were previously the target of an unrelated data breach in August, 2021. Consumer complaints can be filed online at the Attorney General’s website, or if you have questions call 877-765-8388.

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