The US telecom giant has not yet found any evidence of data theft, but it has already involved cybersecurity experts in the investigation, and customers' passwords have since also been reset. The company urged customers to “stay vigilant by monitoring account activity and credit reports,” the newspaper reported BBC.
Based on current investigations, the data affected by the current leak dates back to 2019 or earlier and relates to 7.6 million customers and 65 million previous account holders. According to the company's statement, it is not clear whether the data comes from its own systems or from a third party.
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It leaked
The data includes information such as full name, email address and date of birth, although financial information is not disclosed, according to AT&T.
The investigation began
The telecom giant's 5G wireless network covers about 290 million people in the United States, and the company is one of the largest mobile and internet service providers in the country.
They already faced scandal in February, when a major outage affected tens of thousands of phone users. The company apologized and offered a $5 credit to those affected.
New York prosecutors are investigating the latest incident, which left people unable to use their phones for nearly 12 hours.
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