AT&T says personal data of 73 million current and former customers leaked on dark web

Telecom big AT&T has mentioned it discovered private information of 73 million current and former customers had been leaked on the dark internet two weeks in the past.

“While AT&T has made this dedication, it’s not but identified whether or not the information in these fields originated from AT&T or considered one of its distributors,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

With respect to the steadiness of the information set, which incorporates private info corresponding to social safety numbers, the supply of the information continues to be being assessed, the corporate mentioned.

AT&T mentioned it has launched a strong investigation supported by inside and exterior cybersecurity specialists.

“Based on our preliminary evaluation, the information set seems to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting roughly 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and roughly 65.4 million former account holders,” the telecom main mentioned.

AT&T mentioned it at present doesn’t have proof of unauthorized entry to its techniques leading to exfiltration of the information set.

“The firm is speaking proactively with these impacted and will likely be providing credit score monitoring at our expense the place relevant. We encourage current and former customers with questions to go to www.att.com/accountsafety for extra info,” the corporate mentioned.

The firm mentioned the incident has not had a ‘materials influence’ on AT&T’s operations.

Information on the leak was first revealed by x consumer vx-underground on March 17.

“Today 70,000,000+ information from an unspecified division of AT&T had been leaked onto Breached. No info is on the market to point whether or not it’s a third occasion compromise, or which ‘division’ this information is from,” the consumer mentioned.

“Regardless, upon assessment we will verify the stolen information is professional,” the publish mentioned.