T-Mobile says that 49 million people had their data stolen by hackers recently. Of those, 7.9 million were current customers, while the rest were former or possible future customers. Furthermore, neither the hackers nor T-Mobile say if credit card info was leaked. 

In an effort to help victims, T-Mobile is offering 2 years of free identity protection services from McAfee through their ID Theft Protection Service. News of the data theft came to light when hackers offered the information for sale this weekend for 6 bitcoins. Still, T-Mobile has not informed the public when the leak actually occurred.

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