AT&T Confirms Leak Of 73 Million Customers Data On Dark Web

firecadet613 · Apr 1, 2024

MrSmitty said:
I'm glad I'm not on the dark web then..

You're on the dark web, you just don't know it yet.

WebSnyper · Apr 1, 2024

Ingomike said:
The credit agencies themselves have been hacked. It is out there…

Which is even more of an issue as we don't even factor into their equation as customers, except for all the credit monitoring that this type of thing facilitates. The credit agencies store and sell our credit data and we are not their customers, but yet they get hacked and the data that they store about us is then used for fraudulent purposes.

I get that the data is out there at this point, however, that should not be an excuse or a factor in letting companies off the hook that don't perform the necessary steps to protect data and at least fend off the easiest of hacks.

In the case of Equifax they did get hit with penalties, etc (not sure how much actually made it to impacted consumers.

Equifax data breach FAQ: What happened, who was affected, what was the impact?

In 2017, personally identifying data of hundreds of millions of people was stolen from credit reporting agency Equifax. Here's a timeline of what happened, how it happened, and the impact.

www.csoonline.com

That doesn’t mean the Equifax breach cost the company nothing, though. Two years after the breach, the company said it had spent $1.4 billion on cleanup costs, including “incremental costs to transform our technology infrastructure and improve application, network, [and] data security.” In June 2019, Moody’s downgraded the company’s financial rating in part because of the massive amounts it would need to spend on infosec in the years to come. In July 2019 the company reached a record-breaking settlement with the FTC, which wrapped up an ongoing class action lawsuit and will require Equifax to spend at least $1.38 billion to resolve consumer claims

And in the case of Equifax it was a patch they had not applied in a timely manner:

The attack process started on March 10, 2017, when hackers searched the web for any servers with vulnerabilities that the US-CERT warned about just two days earlier. Two months later, on May 13, they hit the jackpot with Equifax's dispute portal, where people could go to argue about claims.

There, hackers used an Apache Struts vulnerability, a months-old issue that Equifax knew about but failed to fix, and gained access to login credentials for three servers. They found that those credentials allowed them to access another 48 servers containing personal information.

marvin02 · Apr 1, 2024

indyblue said:
I logged right in just now.

They are strangely silent so far, I have received no emails regarding this breach nor are there any alerts on my account page after logging in.

I still can't even get to the log in page. Tried 3 different browsers, page won't even load.

indyblue · Apr 1, 2024

marvin02 said:
I still can't even get to the log in page. Tried 3 different browsers, page won't even load.

how are you accessing it? Are you just typing in att.com or the full URL https://att.com?
Try clearing cache or using complete URL like https://att.com.

This comes up instantly for me at the moment:
https://signin.att.com

They do have info up about the breach now:

marvin02 · Apr 1, 2024

indyblue said:
how are you accessing it? Are you just typing in att.com or the full URL https://att.com?
Try clearing cache or using complete URL like https://att.com.

This comes up instantly for me at the moment:
https://signin.att.com
View attachment 343957
They do have info up about the breach now:
View attachment 343958

Works on my phone, no go on my desktop.

singlesix · Apr 1, 2024

marvin02 said:
Works on my phone, no go on my desktop.

try clearing your cache

marvin02 · Apr 1, 2024

singlesix said:
try clearing your cache

Done, no ad blockers or filters, etc. Maybe they're blocking me because I use a poorly secured Internet service - AT&T?

blain · Apr 1, 2024

singlesix said:
try clearing your cache

That's what hackers are trying to do, clear your cash.

Super Bee · Apr 5, 2024

Been having card issues the last couple days, called the bank this morning and my business account was put on hold for fraud. Someone also ordered 3 new cards in my business name. They are guessing it is all part of this AT&T thing.

Keep and eye on your accounts. This blows.

tbhausen · Apr 15, 2024

blain said:
Let's face it, our SS numbers are out there in the wild. If not from AT&T, it would be from some other business or agency. Since our data is so compromised and identity theft so rampant, there's only one way to combat it...
A mark in our right hand or forehead.

Or a microchip.

snapping turtle · Apr 15, 2024

And the AT&T service outage was not a hack?

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