{"id":59514,"date":"2018-08-27T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59514"},"modified":"2018-08-27T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T20:27:52","slug":"t-mobile-security-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/t-mobile-security-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Mobile Notifies 3 Million Customers After Security Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hackers Breach T-Mobile, Leaving Millions Exposed<\/h3>\n<p>Approximately 3 million T-Mobile customers either have been or soon will be notified their information was involved in a security breach.\u00a0 Although details are not being released regarding how the attack was executed, T-Mobile has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2018\/08\/23\/t-mobile-notifying-customers-recent-security-breach\/\">reported<\/a> approximately 5% of their 75 million users were impacted by a recent data breach.\u00a0 The company has been notifying 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