If you're on T-Mobile – or an MvNO like Mint Mobile that uses its network – and experienced no service, dropped calls, or no connectivity on November 12, 2024, it likely wasn't just you. Just a few weeks after a major Verizon outage,

T-Mobile customers have flocked to Down Detector to report their outages. Reports started to tick up at about 1:30 pm Eastern and have steadily risen, reaching about 20,000 at 2:30 pm Eastern.

The report doesn’t name the hackers or the date when the breach occurred, but details are consistent with the recent Salt Typhoon attack in which Chinese hackers targeted US telecom companies — including T-Mobile.

T-Mobile US Inc. was able to contain a recent network breach before it reached customers’ phones, according to people familiar with the matter.

T-Mobile may have prevented a data breach by detecting suspicious activity early. That said, in the midst of this situation, T-Mobile could be the one that is doing the best. Acco