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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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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

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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.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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

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

If you're an AT&T wireless customer, pay attention because there's a good chance hackers have accessed some of your information. For the second time in three months, the company has announced a major data breach – this one affecting "nearly all AT&T cellular customers." The compromised data includes phone numbers plus counts of calls or texts and total call durations from May 1, 2022, to October 31, 2022, and on January 2, 2023.

AT&T suffers another major data breach, this one affecting 'nearly all' wireless customers

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

What will it take for victims of ransomware, extortion and other types of cybercrime to stop directly funding their attackers?. The latest breached business to pay a ransom to its attackers appears to be AT&T. The Dallas-based telecommunications giant is one of more than 150 victims of a campaign that recently targeted customers of cloud-based data warehousing platform Snowflake (see: AT&T Details Massive Breach of Customers' Call and Text Logs).

AT&T Allegedly Pays Ransom After Snowflake Account Breach

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

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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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

This is apparently the first cybersecurity incident where the Justice Department initially allowed an enterprise to not disclose. When confirming details of a massive data breach of about 110 million customers, AT&T on Friday also revealed that it became apparently the first enterprise to be given permission to initially keep breach details secret, and then was cleared to publish.

AT&T confirms arrest in data breach of more than 110 million 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

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"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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Mario Gabelli, GAMCO Investors chairman CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the Skydance-Paramount deal, why he filed paperwork in Delaware to seek more clarity on the deal,

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Gaining a deeper understanding of the threat landscape and the top tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) of ransomware gangs is increasingly crucial for firms. News broke Friday (July 12) that a fraudster “unlawfully accessed and copied AT&T call logs” impacting “nearly all of AT&T’s wireless customers and customers of mobile virtual network operators … using AT&T’s wireless network.”

Almost All of AT&T’s Wireless Customers Hacked as Snowflake Breach Snowballs

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

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New this morning in Episode 109 , topics include: Reports of vehicle thefts increased in May, but remain below last year’s peak; the largest affordable housing bond in California history is headed to the ballot in November; school’s out, but the district remains busy; free music this summer at South Shore; 90 is the new 60; Bryan Woo lands on the injured list; an intriguing Gold Coast property hits the market; and great onion rings in a surprising place. Plus weekend events. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1978056/15325729-june-28-2024-episode-109.mp3.

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A number of startups are hoping to hoist tourists to the stratosphere using pressurized capsules and massive gas-filled balloons. CNBC spoke to three of them, France-based Zephalto, Florida-based Space Perspective and Arizona-based World View. The balloon trips wouldn't take passengers all the way into space but the companies said passengers would be able to experience the "overview effect," a common, highly emotional phenomenon felt by astronauts when they see the earth against the blackness of space.

High above the clouds — the rise of stratospheric balloon tourism

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

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...

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...

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

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