TECH - AT&T Finally Admits To Massive Data Breach Which Reportedly Affected 65.4M Customers: '... Passcodes Have Been Compromised' | Benzinga
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has acknowledged a significant data breach that has impacted millions of its customers, saying their passcodes have been compromised.
What Happened: During the weekend, the telecommunications company confirmed that “a number of AT&T passcodes have been compromised.”
It further stated that they have taken steps to reset passcodes for 7.6 million of its current customers and are reaching out to additional current and former “account holders with compromised sensitive personal information.”
The breach, which occurred over two years ago, has resulted in the theft of passcodes, names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers, reported AppleInsider, noting that the vast majority of the compromised passwords are associated with approximately 65.4 million present and past AT&T customers.
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However, AT&T has stated that no personal financial information or call history were affected by ...