"AT&T Data Breach: 73 Million Customer Records Leaked to Dark Web"
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AT&T confirms that personal information of 73 million customers, including Social Security numbers and passcodes, has been leaked on the dark web. The breach affects 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former users, with compromised data possibly including email and mailing addresses, phone numbers, and birth dates. AT&T is working with cybersecurity experts, has reset passcodes, and is notifying affected customers, while also investigating the incident. This comes after a similar breach in 2021, and cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt warns of potential class action lawsuits if impacted customers were not promptly notified.
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- AT&T Resets Millions of Passcodes After Customer Records Are Leaked The New York Times
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