Cybersecurity
AT&T Data Hack Prompts FCC Probe, Raises Broad Security Concerns
- Records downloaded from Snowflake cloud platform, AT&T says
- Data includes records of customer calls, texts over 6 months
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AT&T Inc. said on Friday that hackers stole a cache of six months worth of mobile-phone customer data, disclosing for the first time a massive cybersecurity breach that threatens national security.
The breach at the telecommunications giant included calls and text information for nearly all of its cellular customers from May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31 of that year, and it included the numbers they were calling and a smaller subset of location data.