AT&T notifies customers of personal data theft online

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AT&T has started informing millions of customers about a recent theft of personal data found online. The dataset on the dark web includes Social Security numbers for 7.6 million current and 65.4 million former account holders. The compromised data, dating back to 2019, lacks financial details or call history. AT&T has reset passcodes and plans to contact affected users. This incident follows a February outage due to a technical error.


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