For the second time in a matter of four months, T-Mobile announced it has suffered a data breach. Cyber-security experts say it’s a cautionary tale about the vulnerabilities of e-mail accounts that are not properly secured.

T-Mobile disclosed the latest breach in a recent notice to customers. “Our cyber-security team recently identified and shut down a malicious attack against our e-mail vendor that led to unauthorized access to certain T-Mobile employee e-mail accounts, some of which contained account information for T-Mobile customers and employees,” the company stated.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...