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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

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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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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

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Major international outages are affecting Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile roaming data plans. The root cause is unclear, possibly related to carrier transitions from 2G/3G to 4G/5G. Carriers are working on fixes, but it's recommended to use Wi-Fi, VPNs, local SIM cards, or eSIMs as alternatives in the meantime. If you're...

AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile customers hit with major international roaming outage

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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

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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

A major data breach at AT&T exposed call and text records for millions of customers from May to October 2022. While call content and Social Security numbers were not compromised, phone numbers were. AT&T is investigating, notifying affected customers and one person has been apprehended. CNN’s Matt Egan reports 

How AT&T’s recent data breach affects you

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

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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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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

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

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AT&T informed regulators on Friday of a massive data breach impacting nearly all of its customers, revealing that a "threat actor" accessed phone and text records.

Nearly all AT&T customers' text, phone records impacted by massive data breach

Snowflake has a growing problem on its hands after AT&T said on Friday that data from "nearly all" wireless customers was connected to a breach. Prior to Friday, the most notable companies tied to the Snowflake attack were Advance Auto Parts, LendingTree, Ticketmaster operator Live Nation Entertainment and Santander Bank.

AT&T's massive data breach deepens crisis for Snowflake seven weeks after hack was disclosed

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

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

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

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...

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

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