Washington state has taken legal action against T-Mobile for allegedly neglecting cybersecurity vulnerabilities, leading to a significant data breach in 2021 that impacted 79 million people across the U.

Telecommunication giant T-Mobile is being sued for allegedly failing to fix longstanding cybersecurity issues that led to a massive data breach involving the personal data of millions of Americans.

Washington state specifically this time.

T-Mobile has been sued a second time over a 2021 data breach that impacted 80 million T-Mobile users. The consumer protection lawsuit comes

Beyond alleging that T-Mobile knew about these flaws and took inadequate action to fix them, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson also claims T-Mobile’s notifications to customers affected by the breach were inadequate and misleading.

The Washington state attorney general is suing T-Mobile over a 2021 data breach that exposed the data of 79 million people. The lawsuit alleges T-Mobile knew of the vulnerabilities and didn't act on them, and then didn't do enough to warn customers.

According to Washington's Attorney General, T-Mobile knew its security practices were inadequate even before the 2021 security breach.