{"id":330766,"date":"2021-08-26T20:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hacker-behind-huge-t-mobile-data-breach-says-companys-security-is-awful\/"},"modified":"2021-08-26T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:59:13","slug":"hacker-behind-huge-t-mobile-data-breach-says-companys-security-is-awful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hacker-behind-huge-t-mobile-data-breach-says-companys-security-is-awful\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hacker behind huge T-Mobile data breach says company\u2019s security is \u2018awful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hacker behind huge T-Mobile data breach says company\u2019s security is \u2018awful\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The 21-year-old hacker who broke into T-Mobile\u2019s servers and stole personal records for more than 50 million people says the company\u2019s \u201cawful\u201d security made it easy \u2014 and that he did it for attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenerating noise was one goal,\u201d hacker John Binns <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/t-mobile-hacker-who-stole-data-on-50-million-customers-their-security-is-awful-11629985105?mod=hp_lead_pos10\">gloated in an interview<\/a> with The Wall Street Journal. \u201cTheir security is awful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Binns broke into T-Mobile\u2019s servers earlier in August, stealing data on more than 54 million current, former and prospective customers, according to T-Mobile.<\/p>\n<p>While some customers had <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> security numbers and birthdays exposed, others had unique phone-linked data like IMEI and IMSI numbers stolen \u2014 which other hackers could use as a starting point to take over victims\u2019 phone lines, according to the Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Binns \u2014 who goes by screen names including IRDev and v0rtex \u2014 would not tell the paper whether he been paid to execute the hack or had sold any of the stolen data. He also would not say whether he worked alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>T-Mobile did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the report. The Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s office in Seattle is reportedly investigating the hack.<\/p>\n<p>Binns, an American who grew up in northern Virginia who moved to his mother\u2019s home of Turkey at age 18, said that he accessed T-Mobile\u2019s servers after discovering an unprotected router exposed on the internet. He then reportedly used the router as an entry point to breach T-Mobile\u2019s data center in Washington state and made off with the stolen data around Aug. 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/t-mobile-store-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19254893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/t-mobile-store-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/t-mobile-store-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/t-mobile-store-003.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Millions of T-Mobile customers had social security numbers and birthdays exposed.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Gett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was panicking because I had access to something big,\u201d Binns said.<\/p>\n<p>As evidence of his involvement, Binns showed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper that he had access to an account that had shared screenshots of T-Mobile\u2019s internal systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Glenn Gerstell, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> counsel for the National Security Agency, told the Journal that Binns\u2019 de<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion of T-Mobile\u2019s security system was concerning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat to me does not sound like good data management practices,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Binns also claimed that he was being persecuted by US authorities, telling the Journal without corroboration that he had been abducted in Germany and put in a fake mental hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no reason to make up a fake kidnapping story and I\u2019m hoping that someone within the FBI leaks information about that,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just one day after President Joe Biden convened a summit of top tech and business leaders including the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Google and JPMorgan to discuss cybersecurity issues.\u00a0\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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