AT&T Breached, Exposes 19,000 Identities

mytrip writes to tell us News.com is reporting that a recent attack on AT&T's systems saw thousands of customers' personal data compromised. About 19,000 customers of AT&T's online store who purchased equipment for a DSL connection were affected. From the article: "AT&T is offering to pay for credit monitoring services for customers whose accounts have been impacted because they could be at risk of identity fraud. The company also has made available a toll-free number to affected customers to call for more information."

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Re:O RLY?

[bsartist]

They will pay for credit monitoring services, but will they pay for all the liability from a stolen ID?

It wasn't stolen, it was "shared". Making a copy doesn't take anything away from the original owners, right? They still have their names, social security numbers, etc.

That can reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars in real damage.

A few days ago you said "copying a CD is not a crime". Make up your mind. If information wants to be free, copyright should be abolished, etc., then the same principle applies just as much to your information as it does to a CD. Either "sharing" is OK, or it's not. You want it both ways.