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T-Mobile Says Hacking Claims Are False
Mike Sachoff
Staff Writer
2009-06-10
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T-Mobile information that was posted online over the weekend is authentic, but the company maintains it was not hacked, it said Tuesday.
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On Saturday an anonymous post to the Full Disclosure security mailing list claimed that a large amount of internal T-Mobile data had been breached and was being put up for sale to the highest bidder.
"We have everything, their databases, confidental [sic] documents, scripts and programs from their servers, financial documents up to 2009," they wrote in the post.
"We already contacted with their competitors and they didn't show interest in buying their data - probably because the mails got to the wrong people - so now we are offering them for the highest bidder."
According to T-Mobile the claims are false. The hackers did gain access to T-Mobile data, but they did not obtain it by hacking into the company's network.
"Regarding the recent claim on a Web site, we've identified the document from which information was copied, and believe possession of this alone is not enough to cause harm to our customers," T-Mobile said in a statement.
"We continue to investigate the matter, and have taken additional precautionary measures to further ensure our customers' information and our systems are protected. At this moment, we are unable to disclose additional information in order to protect the integrity of the investigation, but customers can be assured if there is any evidence that customer information has been compromised, we would inform those affected as quickly as possible."
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