Get the latest tech news

T-Mobile actually stopped some hackers from stealing customer data


Didn’t have that on my bingo card.

T-Mobile isn’t exactly known for having a stellar track record against hackers, but it seems that the company actually caught a recent cyberattack in progress and shut it down in time. Bloomberg reports that T-Mobile detected suspicious activity in a recent attempt to access customer data and kicked the cyber criminals out before they were able to infiltrate deeper levels of the network. T-Mobile isn’t in a big hurry to take credit for this latest effort, though; the company didn’t immediately respond to our request for comment.

Get the Android app

Or read this on The Verge

Read more on:

Photo of Hackers

Hackers

Photo of mobile

mobile

Photo of customer data

customer data

Related news:

News photo

T-Mobile Caught Hackers Early, Averting Data Leak

News photo

T-Mobile Refutes Analyst Report That It Plans to Drop Nokia

News photo

Hackers Nab Emails Between Library of Congress, Congress Offices