AT&T confirms data leak affecting millions of customers

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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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