Private knowledge of 73 million AT&T prospects leaked on darkish net, together with social safety numbers | EUROtoday

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The private data of greater than 73 million individuals was uncovered on the “dark web” after a large cybersecurity breach of cellphone supplier AT&T.

The firm launched a press release on Saturday revealing an unknown supply posted the private data — together with social safety numbers — of 65.4m former prospects and seven.6m present customers to the “dark web.” The knowledge set seems to be from 2019 or earlier, based on their assertion on Saturday.

The firm remains to be assessing potential sources of the info, they stated.

“Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its systems resulting in exfiltration of the data set,” the assertion reads. “The company is communicating proactively with those impacted and will be offering credit monitoring at our expense where applicable.”

Those impacted ought to intently monitor their account exercise and credit score experiences, the corporate additionally stated. However, a preliminary investigation exhibits that the breach didn’t embrace prospects’ private monetary data or name historical past.

This breach isn’t the primary time AT&T has made headlines this yr. Last month, the corporate noticed a widespread service outage impacting hundreds of consumers. The outages had been resulting from “the application and execution of an incorrect process” throughout community enlargement, moderately than a cyberattack, the corporate stated in a press release on the time. The Federal Communications Commission can be investigating the assault.

Similarly, in December 2023 telecommunications firm Xfinity reported that hackers exploited a vulnerability of their software program and “likely acquired” prospects’ usernames and passwords. The breach affected some 35.9m individuals. For some prospects, the hackers could have additionally recognized the final 4 digits of social safety numbers, account safety questions, birthdates and make contact with data.