AT&T buyer information was uncovered in January by way of a third-party vendor that had been hacked, the provider confirmed, affecting round 9 million buyer accounts. This included fundamental private info however no monetary information or Social Security numbers.
The information that AT&T had supplied to the advertising vendor which had been uncovered was “principally associated to gadget improve eligibility,” in keeping with an announcement the supplier despatched to CNET. It included fundamental private info like buyer names, account numbers, cellphone numbers and electronic mail addresses, in addition to the variety of traces on the account, gadgets used and installment settlement info.
The uncovered information did not embrace Social Security numbers, bank card info, account passwords or “different delicate info,” the AT&T assertion stated, and the provider famous that the info set was a number of years outdated.
AT&T stated that its personal techniques weren’t breached and that it was notifying prospects who had been affected.
This is the primary time the provider’s buyer information has been uncovered in years as rival T-Mobile has suffered far larger breaches of its personal system. T-Mobile had simply wrapped up paying out $350 million to subscribers affected by a 2021 cyberattack when it was hacked once more again in January, exposing 37 million prospects’ information.
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A small Verizon breach again in October affected 250 pay as you go prospects.