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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. "...customers were effected" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Should be "were affected." Or is it "we're affected"? I can never remember.

    1. Re:"...customers were effected" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yes, we know. Grammar here's defected.

    2. Re:"...customers were effected" by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Why do we call the folks that run Slashdot "Editors" anyway?

      I honestly have no idea. I tend to think of them as story-posting monkeys. They sit behind a panel that has big "accept" and "reject" buttons that they randomly punch as submissions come in. How else can you explain the ridiculous amount of dupes, tripes, and tripe?

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  2. Re:Thats exactly why... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Helloooo? Mods??
    That's exactly why...
    I choose to be an Anonymous Coward.
    Signed: Anonymous Coward

    That would be "Insightful", not "Flamebait" or "Offtopic" anything else.
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  3. English, Part II by Ancient_Hacker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That should be "affected", not "effected". There's a difference.

  4. Re:Perhaps an appropriate punishment by byolinux · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Duped already, too. ;)

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