Recently, some 1337 haxx0rz have purportedly broken into T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)’s internal systems and claimed “We have everything, their databases, confidental [sic] documents, scripts and programs from their servers, financial documents up to 2009,” and are offering the goods to the highest bidder. T-Mobile has officially acknowledged the breach, although they’re playing down the repercussions:

“To reaffirm, the protection of our customers’ information and the security of our systems is paramount at T-Mobile. Regarding the recent claim on a Web site, we’ve identified the document from which information was copied, and believe possession of this alone is not enough to cause harm to our customers. We continue to investigate the matter, and have taken additional precautionary measures to further ensure our customers’ information and our systems are protected. At this moment, we are unable to disclose additional information in order to protect the integrity of the investigation, but customers can be assured if there is any evidence that customer information has been compromised, we would inform those affected as quickly as possible.”

Supposedly no competing carriers were biting at the hacker’s offer, but I could see a few rich and unscrupulous bloggers interested… Is anyone worried about the slip-up, or are you going to take T-Mobile’s word for it that nothing of dire importance made it out?

[via CellPhoneSignal, pic]

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