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AT&T is notifying hundreds of thousands of present or former prospects that their account information has been compromised and revealed final month on the darkish net. Simply what number of hundreds of thousands, the corporate is not saying.
In a compulsory submitting with the Maine Lawyer Basic’s workplace, the telecommunications firm stated 51.2 million account holders had been affected. On its company web site, AT&T put the quantity at 73 million. In both occasion, compromised information included a number of of the next: full names, electronic mail addresses, mailing addresses, cellphone numbers, social safety numbers, dates of start, AT&T account numbers, and AT&T passcodes. Private monetary info and name historical past didn’t seem like included, AT&T stated, and information seemed to be from June 2019 or earlier.
The disclosure on the AT&T web site stated the 73 million affected prospects comprised 7.6 million present prospects and 65.four million former prospects. The notification stated AT&T has reset the account PINs of all present prospects and is notifying present and former prospects by mail. AT&T representatives haven’t defined why the letter filed with the Maine AG lists 51.2 million affected and the disclosure on its web site lists 73 million.
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