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AT&T confirms data leak affecting millions of customers

The Verge — March 30, 2024, 07:00 PM UTC

Summary: AT&T confirms data leak affecting 7.6M current and 65M former customers. Leaked info includes full names, emails, addresses, phone numbers, SSNs, DOBs, account numbers, and passcodes. Passcodes reset for affected customers. Company notifies customers via email or letter. Leak first reported in 2021, AT&T informed by TechCrunch of vulnerability in encrypted passcodes. Passcodes found easy to decipher.

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    AT&T data breach affects millions, prompting security measures (The Associated Press)
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    AT&T data leak affects 73 million people, offers monitoring (The Dallas Morning News)
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    AT&T notifies customers of data breach involving social security numbers (The Guardian)
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    AT&T notifies customers of personal data theft online (Castanet.net)
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    AT&T data leak affects 73 million accounts, cybersecurity investigation (The Washington Post)
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    AT&T resets passcodes for millions after data leak (Daily Mail)
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    AT&T investigating data breach affecting millions, reassuring no impact (CNBC)
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