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AT&T customers past and present impacted by huge data leak

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AT&T has changed the account passcodes of millions of its customers after it confirmed a massive data breach that saw personal data leaked on the dark web.

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  1. AT&T informs customers of 'dark web' data leak affecting 73 million users

    Headline from Deseret News ·

  2. Newest

    AT&T customers past and present impacted by huge data leak

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Reports & sources

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  1. Bleeping Computer

    AT&T confirms data for 73 million customers leaked on hacker forum (opens Bleeping Computer)

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    Bleeping Computer's feed description

    AT&T has finally confirmed it is impacted by a data breach affecting 73 million current and former customers after initially denying the leaked data originated from them.

  2. FOX Business

    AT&T data breach exposes 73 million current, former accounts on dark web, company says (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Around 73 million current and former customers are affected by an AT&T data breach to the dark web that includes personal information like Social Security numbers.

  3. CNN

    AT&T says personal data from 73 million current and former account holders leaked onto dark web (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    AT&T has launched an investigation into the source of a data leak that includes personal information of 73 million current and former customers.

  4. NBC News

    AT&T investigating leak that dumped millions of customers’ data on dark web (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    AT&T is investigating a leak earlier this month that dumped millions of customers' data, including personal information such as social security numbers, on the dark web.

  5. Forbes

    AT&T Says Personal Information From 73 Million Customers Leaked On The Dark Web—Including Social Security Numbers (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The data leak includes customers’ Social Security numbers, among other information, the company said.

  6. Engadget

    AT&T resets millions of customers’ passcodes after account info was leaked on the dark web (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    AT&T says 7.6 million current customers were affected by a recent leak in which sensitive data was released on the dark web, along with 65.4 million former account holders. As first reported by TechCrunch, the company has reset the passcodes of affected accounts.

  7. UPI

    AT&T investigating dark web data leak affecting 73 million customers (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    AT&T said Saturday it is investigating a security breach after data from nearly 8 million current and 65 million former customers was leaked on the dark web.

  8. WPRI Providence

    Were you affected by the AT&T data breach? (opens WPRI Providence)

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    WPRI Providence's feed description

    The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T's current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend.

  9. The Republic

    AT&T notifies users of data breach and resets millions of passcodes (opens The Republic)

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    The Republic's feed description

    AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.

  10. Al Jazeera

    US firm AT&T says data of 73 million customers leaked on ‘dark web’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    At least 7.6 million existing AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former users hit by the breach, the company says.

  11. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Data from 73M current, former customers leaked on dark web, AT&T confirms (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    Information for some 73 million current and former AT&T customers was recently posted on the dark web in a data breach, the company confirmed on Sa...

  12. Green Field Reporter

    AT&T notifies users of data breach and resets millions of passcodes - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for about 7.

  13. KCEN Waco

    AT&T data breach: Millions of current and former customers affected (opens KCEN Waco)

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    KCEN Waco's feed description

    AT&T said a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information such as Social Security numbers for millions of current and former account holders.

  14. Bowling Green Daily News

    AT&T says a data breach leaked millions of customers' information online. Were you affected? (opens Bowling Green Daily News)

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    Bowling Green Daily News's feed description

    The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online. In a weekend announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that

  15. NPR

    Millions of customers' data found on dark web in latest AT&T data breach (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    The provider says it has reset the passcodes of the current account holders whose data was compromised as it investigates the leak, the latest in a string of telecommunications company data breaches.

  16. KTVU San Francisco

    AT&T says data breach has impacted millions of customers (opens KTVU San Francisco)

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    KTVU San Francisco's feed description

    AT&T says it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online.

  17. CBS News

    AT&T informs users of data breach and resets millions of passcodes (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    It is not known if the data "originated from AT&T or one of its vendors," the company said in a statement.

  18. The Daily Caller

    AT&T Announces Data Breach Affecting 73 Million Current And Former Customers (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    AT&T announced Saturday that personal information belonging to its former and current customers, some 73 million people, has been compromised on the dark web.

  19. WHDH Boston

    AT&T notifies users of data breach and resets millions of passcodes - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online.The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset

  20. Triblive

    AT&T data breach impacts 70 million with unknown amounts of information leaked (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    The personal information of more than 70 million current and former AT&T customers was leaked after a data breach that occurred two weeks ago, the company announced Saturday. Information could have included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, email addresses, mailing addresses and AT&T acco…

  21. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    AT&T notifies 73M users of data breach from dark web (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    The company said the data was released onto the dark web about two weeks ago, and officials are not sure yet whether the data originated from the company or a vendor.

  22. Green Field Reporter

    AT&T says a data breach leaked millions of customers' information online. Were you affected? - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend. In a Saturday announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the “dark web”…

  23. Quartz

    A massive AT&T data breach affected 73 million customers (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The world's fourth-largest telecommunications company said a data set was released on the dark web.

  24. Washington Times

    AT&T says a data breach leaked millions of customers’ information online (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T's current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend.

  25. NBC4 Washington

    AT&T data breach: Find out if you were affected (opens NBC4 Washington)

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    NBC4 Washington's feed description

    The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online. Here's what you need to...

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