Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Bill Nelson, D-Fla., both ranking members of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii sent a letter to the CEOs of T-Mobile and Experian demanding to find out what he companies are doing in the wake of the data breach last week at Experian that compromised the personal information of 15 million T-Mobile customers.

The senators are concerned because valuable data like Social Security numbers, which are hard to change, were taken by the malicious party responsible for the breach.

“This news is extremely troubling to us given the sensitive nature of the compromised personal data, and its particular value to identity thieves,” the letter stated.

The senators specifically noted that the personal data taken in the breach, customer's names, birth dates, addresses and social security numbers, can cause greater financial damage to a person than bank or credit card fraud.

They go on to request that Experian explain their investigations and findings on how the malicious part gained access to the consumer data stored on Experian’s server.

Source: Tmonews