Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal information of more than 2 million state residents.

The Attorney General (AG) is suing Bellevue-based T-Mobile for “failing to adequately secure sensitive personal information of more than 2 million Washingtonians,” according to a news release.

The 2021 breach affected at least 2 million Washington state residents, and tens of millions more customers around the United States.

T-Mobile data leak exposed millions of customer's data Washington State is now suing the telecoms giant The suit alleges that T-Mobile failed to protect and notify customers The US state of Washington is taking legal action against telecommunications giant T-Mobile over consumer protections failures following a 2021 data breach which exposed up to 79 million consumers worldwide,

Bob Ferguson filed a lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming security failures by the company led to a “massive” data breach.