T-Mobile has been sued a second time over a 2021 data breach that impacted 80 million T-Mobile users. The consumer protection lawsuit comes

Washington state specifically this time.

The Washington state attorney general is suing T-Mobile over a 2021 data breach that exposed the data of 79 million people. The lawsuit alleges T-Mobile knew of the vulnerabilities and didn't act on them, and then didn't do enough to warn customers.

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.

According to Washington's Attorney General, T-Mobile knew its security practices were inadequate even before the 2021 security breach.