"The information posted over the weekend by hackers who claimed to
have hacked T-Mobile is legit, T-Mobile now says. But, it's not clear
that the hackers have the full access to T-Mobile systems they claim.
On Saturday, hackers posted
what appear to be logfiles taken from T-Mobile's networks to the Full
Disclosure mailing list, claiming to have hacked the carrier "We have
everything, their databases, confidential documents, scripts and
programs from their servers, financial documents up to 2009." they
wrote.
Earlier today T-Mobile said it was investigating the hack,
but they've now updated their statement, saying that they've identified
the file that was copied, but noting that the fact that the hackers got
this file doesn't necessarily mean that they have "everything," as
claimed.
An e-mail I sent to the [email protected] address listed by the hackers bounced, so I can't ask them questions directly.
Here's T-Mobile's latest statement:
"To reaffirm, the protection of our customers' information and
the security of our systems is paramount at T-Mobile. 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. 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.""
Read more: http://blogs.csoonline.com/t_mobile_confirms_hackers_info_is_legit
Additional information: http://darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217800147
