The US Sun

AT&T customers are calling on the company to fix things after call and text records were leaked in a data breach. On Friday, AT&T announced that "nearly all" customers were affected during the security breach. Calls and text message records of customers in mid-to-late 2022 were leaked after private information...

AT&T users call for cash ‘settlement’ after company confirms calls and texts were unprotected in colossal data breach

Business Insider

The data includes the phone numbers that customers interacted with, AT&T said.

AT&T says hackers stole the call and text records of almost all of its wireless customers

AT&T Corp. disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. AT&T said it delayed disclosing the incident in response to “national security and public safety concerns,” noting that some of the records included data that could be used to determine where a call was made or text message sent. AT&T also acknowledged the customer records were exposed in a cloud database that was protected only by a username and password (no multi-factor authentication needed).

Crooks Steal Phone, SMS Records for Nearly All AT&T Customers

AT&T paid a hacker about $370,000 to delete customer data that was stolen from it as part of a hacking spree earlier this year. The hacker then provided a video to prove they had deleted the data, according to a Wired report today. AT&T reportedly negotiated through an intermediary, called...

AT&T reportedly gave $370,000 to a hacker to delete its stolen customer data

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The data includes logs containing every number AT&T customers called or texted.

AT&T Customers' Call And Text Records Stolen In Major Data Breach

A NEW telephone scam is on the rise, but experts say there are key ways to protect yourself. Phishing emails are being displaced by a new scheme known as voice phishing, which is carried out over the phone. In such an arrangement, scammers call unsuspecting individuals and dupe them into...

‘Just hang up’ Millions of Android and iPhone owners told if anyone asks for three things – and beware ‘spoof’ trick

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

A trove of AT&T call and text records was downloaded by an unknown threat actor in April. Now, AT&T says the scope of the breach impacts "nearly all" of its cellular customers. "Customer data was illegally downloaded from our workspace on a third-party cloud platform," AT&T said today. A rep...

AT&T: 'Nearly All' Customer Phone, Text Records Leaked, One Arrest Made

Hollywood Unlocked

If you’re an active AT&T customer then you’re probably not going to be here for this news: the cellphone company has announced that hackers have gained unauthorized access to records of calls and texts of “nearly all” its cellular customers. The breach occurred over a six-month period from May 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2022, ... Read more
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OMG: AT&T Reveals Hackers Stole Records of ‘Nearly All’ Cellular Customers’ Calls and Texts

AT&T customers are waking up to some pretty unsettling news. The carrier is alerting its users about a substantial data breach affecting virtually all AT&T subscribers. No, this is not good. The second-largest carrier in the U.S. has reported that customer data was illegally downloaded from a third-party cloud platform....

AT&T just confirmed a massive data breach, and you’re probably affected

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It is believed to be one of the biggest data hacks in recent history

AT&T confirms massive hack of calls and texts with 'nearly all' customers impacted

SlashGear

AT&T just revealed a massive data leak that may have affected you if you were a customer in 2022 or 2023. Here's what it entails & how to protect yourself.

If You Have AT&T This Massive Data Leak Is A Privacy Nightmare: Here's What To Do Next

TechRadar

A poorly protected Snowflake account has reprotedly cost AT&T more than $300,000 following the recent cyberattack against the telecom giant.A few months ago, it was reported that a threat actor managed to compromise more than 150 company accounts on Snowflake, thanks to their poor password hygiene, and not securing their accounts with multi-factor authentication (MFA).Among them was AT&T, after a hacker who was reportedly part of the ShinyHunters threat actor group, accessed the company’s Snowflake account, and stole sensitive customer data.
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The data included call and text messaging metadata (but not the contents of the communications), telephone numbers of “nearly...

AT&T apparently paid a hacker big bucks to delete stolen phone record data

Android Police

Hackers demanded over $370,000 in ransom from AT&T to delete stolen data and provide proof. Blockchain records show the equivalent value in cryptocurrency (5.7 bitcoin) changed hands, though AT&T hasn't publicly verified that it paid the hacker. Stolen data from AT&T customers included phone numbers, prompting the company to advise...

AT&T paid a king's ransom to a hacker with everyone's call logs, records indicate

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NewsByJoshua

With scorching heatwaves sweeping across the country, drivers are being advised to take their car's thermometer readings with a grain of salt. While your dashboard might display a temperature that seems outrageously high, experts suggest not relying on it for an accurate outdoor temperature gauge.

Drivers cautioned not to use a standard car feature on hot days - opt for your phone instead

AT&T today said a breach on a third-party cloud platform exposed the call and text records of nearly all its cellular customers. The leaked data is said to include phone numbers that AT&T subscribers communicated with, but not names. An AT&T spokesperson confirmed to Ars that the data was exposed...

Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack

California State

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Alameda, CA

APD reports person of interest in custody. Four family members were killed and others injured Wednesday night, July 10, in the 400 block of Kitty Hawk Road in Alameda. The Alameda Post was at the scene Thursday morning, where Alameda Police Lieutenant Alan Kuboyama confirmed three adults and one child have died, and another child is in critical condition.

UPDATED: Four Family Members Killed in Alameda Shooting

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

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Nearly every AT&T customer just had six months of call logs stolen

AT&T has just disclosed another old data breach, with this one exposing nearly every customer's phone call and text message records for a date range spanning...

Nearly every AT&T customer just had six months of call logs stolen

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