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

TIME

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

AT&T Customers Impacted By Data Breach Should Do This Now

The breach, which occurred in 2022, could affect tens of millions of customers. A regulatory filing from AT&T has revealed a major data breach that occurred in 2022, with hackers able to access call and text message records of “nearly all” of the operator’s wireless customers. The...

AT&T data breach leaked “nearly all” of its customers mobile numbers

This past April, AT&T discovered that there was a data breach in one of their workspaces through a third-party cloud platform. Proper and necessary steps were then taken immediately afterward. This resulted in customer data being illegally downloaded from the affected station. AT&T then proceeded to begin an investigation in order to assess and process what exactly happened.

AT&T Releases Details of Breached 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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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

Android Police

A new SEC filing indicates that AT&T has suffered a data breach, and the carrier is pointing fingers at a third-party cloud platform. Hackers stole AT&T customers' call records, including those of MVNOs, but no personal information was breached. AT&T's breach impacts potentially millions. Customers should stay vigilant & protect...

Another data breach hits AT&T, this time leaking millions of call records

TechRadar

"Nearly all" AT&T customers are impacted by the leak, which took place in 2022, revealing call and text records. Here's what you need to know.

AT&T just suffered one of the worst data breaches in years – and nobody's safe

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	In a dramatic and stunning hack, the telecom giant AT&T says that call and text records of “nearly all” of its wireless customers have been obtained by a “threat actor.”AT&T Unveils "Sound of Silence" Ad to Tout 5G Football Helmet Partnership




	AT&T said in a securities filing Friday that the hacker “accessed an AT&T workspace on a third-party cloud platform” back in April, and was able to exfiltrate “files containing AT&T records of customer call and text interactions that occurred between approximately May 1 and October 31, 2022, as well as on January 2, 2023.”




	The company notes that the hacked data...

AT&T Says Hackers Obtained Call and Text Records of “Nearly All” Wireless Customers

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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 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

USA TODAY

AT&T said Friday that 2022 call and text message records of nearly all of its wireless customers were exposed in a data breach.

After massive AT&T data breach, can users do anything?

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Alameda Post

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Over the past few days, AT&T, a major American telecom company, has made headlines due to a sophisticated cyber-attack that exposed the details of over 109 million mobile customers dating back to 2022. According to updates received by our Cybersecurity Insiders, the data breach occurred in 2022 and affected customers...

Details of AT&T data breach and 1TB data steal belonging to Disney

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

Daily Mail

AT&T said Friday that data from about 109 million customer accounts containing records of calls and texts from 2022 was illegally downloaded in April.

AT&T says 'nearly all' of its customers' call and text data has been leaked in massive security breach

The Independent

A security breach in 2022 compromised the data of nearly all of AT&T’s cellular customers, customers of mobile virtual network operators using AT&T’s wireless network, as well as its landline customers interacted with those cellular numbers. A company investigation determined that compromised data includes files containing AT&T records of calls and texts between May 1, 2022 and Oct. 31, 2022.AT&T has more than 100 million customers in the U.S. and almost 2.5 million business accounts. The company said Friday that it has launched an investigation and engaged with cybersecurity experts to understand the nature and scope of the criminal activity....

AT&T 2022 security breach hits nearly all cellular customers and landline accounts with contact

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

DALLAS - AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has confirmed that a significant amount of customer data was illegally downloaded due to unauthorized access to its third-party cloud workspace. The telecommunications giant reported that the breach, discovered in April, resulted in the exposure of call and text records spanning from May 1, 2022, to October 31, 2022, affecting nearly all of AT&T's cellular customers and those of mobile virtual network operators using AT&T's network. Additionally, a smaller set of records from January 2, 2023, was compromised.

AT&T responds to customer data breach

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AT&T Says 'Nearly All' Cellular Customers Were Affected by April Data Breach

AT&T said nearly all its cellular customers had call and text records compromised in an April data breach. The breach does not include users' names, but...

AT&T Says 'Nearly All' Cellular Customers Were Affected by April Data Breach

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