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Around 37 million T-Mobile customers have had their personal data stolen after an 'unidentified malicious intruder' hacked the mobile giant's network - its second major security beach in just two years.
The company told the Security and Exchange Commission the breach was discovered on January 5 and said the data stolen included customers' addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.
Based on its investigation to date, the breach did not expose passwords, Pins, bank account or credit card details, Social Security numbers or other government IDs.
The firm said it had notified law enforcement and federal agencies, stating the data was first accessed on or around November 25.
In July the firm was forced to pay $350 million after customers filed a class action lawsuit following a separate data breach involving Social Security numbers and driver's license information.
T-Mobile has revealed the addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth of 37 million customers have been collected by an 'unidentified malicious intruder' in yet another breach of the U.S. wireless carrier
'Our investigation is still ongoing, but the malicious activity appears to be fully contained at this time, and there is currently no evidence that the bad actor was able to breach or compromise our systems or our network,' the company said, adding it had begun notifying impacted customers.
'We understand that an incident like this has an impact on our customers and regret that this occurred.'
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has also opened an investigation into the company's data breach incident, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing an FCC spokesperson.
Shares in the company fell 2 percent in after-hours trade.
T-Mobile had previously said it would spend $150 million through 2023 to fortify its data security and other technologies after nearly 80 million U.S. residents were affected by the August breach.
In Thursday's filing, T-Mobile said it had 'made substantial progress to date' on those upgrades. It also acknowledged it could face 'significant
