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| AT&T Wireless Data Breach: Hacker Accesses Call and Text Records of Nearly All Customers Image credit: Adweek |
AT&T disclosed in a securities filing on Friday that a hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all its wireless customers. The breach affects calls and texts made from May 1 to October 31, 2022, as well as January 2023.
The stolen data includes customers' numbers and call durations, but not the content of those communications. The company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, assured that the records do not appear publicly available and that it has implemented additional cybersecurity measures, including closing the point of unlawful access.
The total number of connected devices on the AT&T network grew to 127 million at the end of 2023, with about 87 million postpaid wireless customers, according to the company's 2023 annual report.
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