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AT&T Breached, Exposes 19,000 Identities

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the somewhat-worse-than-a-laptop dept.

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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  1. Perhaps an appropriate punishment by Bromskloss · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...for using AT&T.

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  2. Re:not my fault... by legoburner · · Score: 4, Funny
    no wonder i have shitty credit... ppl keep stealing my identity... how do i start a new credit report?

    Steal someone's identity.
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  3. Re:"...customers were effected" by Pointdexter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, it's not like the editors couldn't of fixed that.

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