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Another Day, Another Data Breach: AT&T Customers’ Call Records Exposed
AT&T customer data has been exposed in another breach. “Nearly all” call and text records from mid-to-late 2022 were stolen. While names and Social Security numbers were not exposed, phone numbers and call records were. AT&T committed to enhancing security measures in response to changing…
Hot Take:
AT&T’s data breaches are starting to feel like a recurring guest star on a sitcom – except nobody’s laughing.
Key Points:
– AT&T suffered another data breach, impacting “nearly all” customer call and text records.
– The breach occurred from mid-to-late 2022 and was accessed through Snowflake, a third-party data warehousing tool.
– Tens of millions of customers were affected, although sensitive information like Social Security numbers and call contents weren’t exposed.
– AT&T acknowledged that while names weren’t exposed, they can often be found online using telephone numbers.
– This isn’t AT&T’s first rodeo with data breaches; they had another incident in March 2024 and one in 2021.
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