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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."
1. Pay me for Loss of income arising from fixing my credit reports and chasing credit rating agencies?
2. Pay me for storing my information without adequate protection? (If its stolen, its not adequate security).
3. Pay me for repairing my credit by allowing me to substitute my SSN with the SSN of the AT&T CEO/CTO until the time AT&T repairs its damages?
4. Pay me interest at 2.99% PER MONTH on plus Late Fees plus damages on every unauthorized transaction made on my behalf?
5. Pay me for illegal monitoring of my telecom calls by NSA?
6. Pay me for storing my private information without my explicit written permission? I charge $1,500 PER DAY for storing my information. If AT&T doesn't agree, it can gladly delete my private information.
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer
no wonder i have shitty credit... ppl keep stealing my identity... how do i start a new credit report?
Judging by the quote from the article, Scuttle seems to have mistakenly linked to a story about the 19,000 folks who were Affected by an eerily similar situation.
Sorry, pet peeve.