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T-Mobile Outage Affected 83,000+ US Users

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T-Mobile experienced network outages affecting some cellular services on Monday in the United States.

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The company assured users that it was working on resolving the problem.

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The outage caused intermittent issues with voice, messaging, and data services in several areas.

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The number of reports of T-Mobile outages peaked at more than 83,000 at around 10:20 p.m. ET on Monday.

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T-Mobile's help page acknowledged user complaints and promised to review them.

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The outage was caused by a 3rd party fiber interruption issue, according to T-Mobile's President of Technology.

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Other U.S. wireless carriers, such as Verizon and AT&T, also experienced service disruptions.

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A recent data breach of about 37 million T-Mobile US Inc. customers occurred through an attack on an API.

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APIs connect applications and share information in many settings, but often without proper security measures.

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Adding new APIs can increase a company's overall attack surface, according to cybersecurity experts.

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