Google Fi Users Caught Up in T-Mobile Breach - Dark Reading

Google Fi has sent an email to customers to disclose that their relationship information was included successful the much than 37 cardinal lawsuit records stolen from T-Mobile successful November 2022.

Google Fi is simply a wireless program that runs overmuch of its work implicit T-Mobile networks.

Details connected Google Fi customers, including telephone number, SIM serial paper number, and work program details were among the stolen T-Mobile data. 

Google added successful its email that the compromised accusation didn't incorporate "your name, day of birth, email address, outgo paper information, Social Security 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."

However, Lior Yaari, CEO and co-founder of Grip Security, noted that imaginable cyberattackers tin inactive bash a batch of harm via SIM-swapping, by having entree to the users’ telephone numbers and SIM serial paper numbers.

"At minimum, affected customers should see changing retired their SIM paper to support themselves," helium said via email. "Once the hackers instrumentality implicit your telephone number, they tin usage it for illicit purposes, oregon adjacent bypass two-factor authentication that uses SMS."

Google Fi has not noted however galore customers are affected. 

"Given the superior quality and interaction of the breach, it’s astonishing that Google has not disclosed the fig of customers impacted, similar what we person seen successful different large breaches," Yaari said. Google did not instantly instrumentality a petition for comment.

The latest T-Mobile information breach marks the 2nd successful 2 years for the mobile carrier.