http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10259487-83.html By Marguerite Reardon Security CNet News June 8, 2009 T-Mobile USA is looking into claims that a hacker has broken into its data bases and stolen customer and company information. Someone anonymously posted the claims on the security mailing list Full Disclosure on Saturday. In that post, the hacker claims to have gotten access to "everything, their databases, confidential documents, scripts and programs from their servers, financial documents up to 2009." The poster said he had offered the information to T-Mobile competitors, but they supposedly didn't show any interest. Now he says he is offering the information to the highest bidder. T-Mobile issued a statement that the company is looking into the matter. "The protection of our customers' information, and the safety and security of our systems, is absolutely paramount at T-Mobile," the company said. "Regarding the recent claim, we are fully investigating the matter. As is our standard practice, if there is any evidence that customer information has been compromised, we would inform those affected as soon as possible." Some security experts were skeptical of the claims. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Jun 09 2009 - 02:04:32 PDT
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