AT&T has revealed the staggering number of customers affected by a data breach that reportedly occurred in 2019.
According to the latest information, 73 current and former customers of the wireless communications giant were compromised in the hack.
All sorts of sensitive information including names, addresses, and identification numbers, were leaked onto the dark web as a result of the hack.
So far, Congress has been silent about the massive cybersecurity failure. How could something like this happen and go on for so long?
Data breaches happen, hacks happen, and bank robberies happen. These things can all be forgiven but for a data breach to span several years? That is just pure incompetence at that point. Scores of concerned consumers sounded the alarm:
AT&T data breach exposes 73M current, former accounts on dark web, company says. 2 years free ID theft surveillance for current and former customers will not hack it. Permanent solutions to stealing America’s IDs are required. Congress does nothing. https://t.co/BOBpiuUmQU
— S D Picker /🇺🇸~~ (@PicAxe6) March 31, 2024
AT&T is resetting customer account passcodes after acknowledging a 2019 data leak #CyberAttack #CyberSecurity #hack #DataBreachhttps://t.co/Pxh3sn4F17
— Prayukth K V (@Blogus_Maximus) March 30, 2024
Reuters confirmed:
AT&T said on Saturday that a data set released on the “dark web” about two weeks ago has impacted approximately 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders
“Again. Massive breach and leak AT&T resets millions of customers’ passcodes after account info was leaked on dark web,” Michael Gogel commented.
Again. Massive breach and leak
AT&T resets millions of customers’ passcodes after account info was #leaked on dark webAT&T says 7.6M current customers sensitive data was leaked on dark web, along with 65.4M former account holders #hack #leak
The usual…. https://t.co/TNBnA8b9MP
— michael gogel (@mgogel) March 30, 2024
AT&T confirms data breach and resets millions of customer passcodes.
Hack includes customers’ full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, social security number, date of birth, AT&T account number and passcode https://t.co/Ssndgia40I
— carhug (@carhughes) March 30, 2024
Fox Business featured this statement from AT&T:
“We encourage customers to remain vigilant by monitoring account activity and credit reports,” AT&T said.
“You can set up free fraud alerts from nationwide credit bureaus — Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.”
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