AT&T denies alleged data leak of over 70M individuals2024-03-19 19:17 by DanielaTags: AT&T
A hacker is selling a huge archive on the dark web, claiming it originated from a 2021 data breach at American telecommunications giant AT&T - however the company denies the data originated from its servers. Some of the data exposed by MajorNelson, including birthdates, Social Security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers, have already been verified by BleepingComputer. Separate confirmations of the veracity of some of the data have also been made by VX-Underground and Dark Web Informer. AT&T has a history of malware and data breaches. Roughly a year ago, the company warned millions of its users that some of their sensitive data was exposed in a supply chain cyberattack. Apparently, a marketing vendor was breached a few months earlier, resulting in the theft of AT&T’s data. In that incident, nine million of its customers were affected, with hackers stealing customer proprietary network information from some wireless accounts. That includes, among other things, the number of lines on an account or wireless rate plan. Read more -here-
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