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

Washington state's attorney general says the company had years to fix vulnerabilities. T-Mobile says it's "fundamentally transformed" its approach to cybersecurity.

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

The 2021 breach affected at least 2 million Washington state residents, and tens of millions more customers around the United States.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a consumer protection lawsuit against T-Mobile on Monday, claiming that the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier failed to adequately secure sensitive personal information of more than 2 million state residents.

In a statement released Monday, the Bellevue-based telecom company said it was surprised by the lawsuit from the Attorney General's office.

Washington state specifically this time.