Massachusetts is probing huge T-Mobile data breach

FILE PHOTO A T-Mobile logo is seen on the storefront door of a store in Manhattan New York U.S. April 30 2018. REUTERSShannon StapletonFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A T-Mobile logo is seen on the storefront door of a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

(Reuters) - Massachusetts' attorney general said on Tuesday she will investigate the cyberattack against T-Mobile US Inc that exposed personal information of more than 53 million people.

Maura Healey, the attorney general, announced the probe after the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier disclosed the breach on Aug. 16.

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