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If you are a T-Mobile customer, you may want to start worrying a tad.  It seems there are claims from hackers that they have wormed their way into T-Mobile network, and ripped off customer information including confidential and financial documents. 

The hacker’s post on insecure.org tells their side of the story.  Now…obviously if this is true, and not just some wannabe’s scrambling for their fifteen minutes of “ha-ha we scared you” fame, this is really not a good thing.

They claim to be auctioning off the stolen data to the highest bidder, since apparently they went to T-Mobile’s competitors first and didn’t make the sale. 

If it is true, this isn’t the first time something like that has happened to T-Mobile.  Back in 2005, Nicholas Jacobsen accessed their network without authorization, and reports say he was able to access 16 million subscribers information. 

The hackers weren’t kind enough to tell how they accomplished their attack, but code was posted to attempt to show they the breach did in fact occur.  T-Mobile told Chanel Insider the following in response to the claim.

“The protection of our customers’ information, and the safety and security of our systems, is absolutely paramount at T-Mobile. 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.”

T-Mobile hasn’t given any sort of update confirming or denying since this statement was posted.

I’m sure the folks at Apple are loving this timing.  Their carrier for the iPhone is still in one piece. (Well, hopefully..until we hear otherwise).  With the whole big sha-bang is WWDC, this so wouldn’t have helped them any if the hackers had picked AT&T/Cingular.

Keep it here for more updates as they become available.

via:  channelinsider