Google Fi seemingly affected by latest T-Mobile data breach, no personal data leaked - 9to5Google

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T-Mobile was precocious deed by yet different information breach, and it appears that Google Fi was impacted by that breach arsenic the bearer has notified customers via email.

A connection to Fi customers contiguous notifies that Google Fi’s “primary web provider” experienced “suspicious activity” that contained lawsuit information for Google Fi. Given the timing and phrasing, this appears to beryllium straight related to the T-Mobile information breach that was disclosed connected January 19.

The email, seen successful afloat below, notifies customers that a “limited magnitude of Google Fi lawsuit data” was exposed including SIM paper serial numbers, relationship status, accusation astir the mobile work plan, and erstwhile an relationship was activated. Google says the breach did not exposure immoderate idiosyncratic accusation specified arsenic lawsuit names, commencement dates, emails, societal security, oregon outgo information, oregon immoderate information from SMS. Phone numbers were included.

Google says that nary customers request to instrumentality enactment pursuing the breach, but recommends that customers enactment alert for imaginable phishing attacks.

Dear Google Fi customer,

We’re penning to fto you cognize that the superior web supplier for Google Fi precocious informed america determination has been suspicious enactment relating to a 3rd enactment strategy that contains a constricted magnitude of Google Fi lawsuit data.

There is nary enactment required by you astatine this time.

This strategy is utilized for Google Fi lawsuit enactment purposes and contains constricted information including erstwhile your relationship was activated, information astir your mobile work plan, SIM paper serial number, and progressive oregon inactive relationship status.

It does not contain your name, day of birth, email address, outgo paper information, societal information fig oregon taxation IDs, driver’s licence oregon different signifier of authorities ID, oregon fiscal relationship information, passwords oregon PINs that you whitethorn usage for Google Fi, oregon the contents of immoderate SMS messages oregon calls.

Our incidental effect squad undertook an probe and determined that unauthorized entree occurred and person worked with our superior web supplier to place and instrumentality measures to unafraid the information connected that 3rd enactment strategy and notify everyone perchance impacted. There was nary entree to Google’s systems oregon immoderate systems overseen by Google.

If you are an progressive Fi user, delight enactment that your Google Fi work continues to enactment arsenic accustomed and was not interrupted by this issue.