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If you're one of AT&T's cellular customers, you can check your account to see if your data was compromised as part of the massive breach the telecom giant announced on Friday. If you were an AT&T customer between May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022, it's likely your data was involved, given that the company said "nearly all" its cellular customers' records were gathered by hackers during that time. The breach also includes records from Jan. 2, 2023 for a "very small number of customers," AT&T said.But customers can check if their data was compromised by logging into their accounts, according...

Here's how to learn if your data was stolen in AT&T's massive hack

Fox News

A debt collection enterprise called Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) has been impacted by a massive data breach that affects millions of Americans.

Massive data breach exposes over 3 million Americans' personal information to cybercriminals

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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.

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AT&T customers will be notified by the company if their data was compromised in the major security breach.

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New York Post

AT&T revealed Friday that a cyberattack breached the data of “nearly all” of its cellular customers after downloading it from a third-party cloud platform.

The telecom giant has “taken steps” to close off the illegal access point and is working with law enforcement to track down the hackers. At least one person has already been arrested, AT&T said. 



“We have an ongoing investigation into the AT&T breach and we’re coordinating with our law enforcement partners,” the FCC posted on X.

AT&T said it does not believe the data is public “at this time.”

AT&T’s ‘nationwide issue’ affecting customers’ ability to call non-AT&T users resolved...

Massive AT&T data breach exposes ‘nearly all’ customers – here’s what you need to know

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AT&T said Friday the call and text message records of nearly all of its cellular customers were exposed in a data breach. Here's what we know.

How to know if you were affected by the AT&T data breach and what to do next

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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).

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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

More details are coming to light about the AT&T hack, which saw the personal data of around 110M customers compromised – including records of who they called and texted. It’s reported that the carrier made a Bitcoin ransom payment in return for the hacker deleting the data, and that public disclosure of the security breach was delayed for two months in response to a request from the FBI …

AT&T hack: Carrier paid ransom for data; delayed public disclosure at request of FBI

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

In a statement, AT&T said that the stolen data contains phone numbers of both cellular and landline customers, as well as AT&T records of calls and text messages — such as who contacted who by phone or text — during a six-month period between May 1, 2022 and October 31, 2022.

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of ‘nearly all’ customers in new data breach

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Among the information leaked are telephone numbers and cell site IDs, which could potentially be used to locate customers

AT&T Reportedly Paid Almost $400,000 in Ransom to Hackers to Delete Private Customer Data

AT&T suffered a data breach in 2022 that resulted in hackers getting a hold of six months’ worth of text and phone call logs from its customers. The issue is believed to have impacted nearly all customers of AT&T’s cellular network. AT&T confirmed the massive data breach in...

AT&T hackers stole six months' worth of text and call logs

Samsung is getting into the wearables game. The company had its annual Galaxy Unpacked event this week, where it debuted new models of its Galaxy Z Flip and Galaxy Z Fold phones and its new generation of wireless earbuds. It also unveiled more details about its $399 wearable smart ring to compete with Oura.

If you’re an AT&T customer, your data has likely been stolen

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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

TheDailyBeast

Nearly every AT&T customer had their data leaked after hackers breached a third-party platform used by the telecommunications giant, according to an SEC filing made by the company on Friday. Between May 1, 2022 and Oct. 31, 2022 hackers were able to access the call and text records of approximately all 109 million AT&T customers, according to the Associated Press. “The data does not contain the content of calls or texts, personal information such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, or other personally identifiable information,” the company said in a statement on Friday, adding that it also didn’t include...

Hackers Steal Nearly Every AT&T Customer’s Data

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The unthinkable has happened. Again. A gunman has taken multiple lives. The difference this time? It happened here, in Alameda. We are an island, both physically and psychologically. I spend a lot of time explaining to people that our focus is Alameda, and Alameda alone, so our coverage doesn’t usually include stories as horrific as this one.

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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

California State

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.

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Massive AT&T data breach sees hackers steal personal data of almost all customers

A massive AT&T data breach has seen hackers able to steal the personal data of almost every customer the company has – a total of some...

Massive AT&T data breach sees hackers steal personal data of almost all customers

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