This Feb. 24, 2021 photo shows a T-Mobile store at a shopping mall in Pittsburgh. T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and approximately 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information were exposed. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

By The Associated Press |

PUBLISHED: August 18, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 18, 2021 at 10:03 a.m.

T-Mobile breach: Data of more than 40 million exposed

The company said that it will immediately offer two years of free identity protection services