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AT&T Says Customer Data Accessed To Unlock Smartphones

Posted by Soulskill on from the another-day-another-breach dept.

itwbennett writes: Personal information, including Social Security numbers and call records, was accessed for an unknown number of AT&T Mobility customers by people outside of the company, AT&T has confirmed. The breach took place between April 9-21, but was only disclosed this week in a filing with California regulators. While AT&T wouldn't say how many customers were affected, state law requires such disclosures if an incident affects at least 500 customers in California.

2 of 65 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Not doing it right by rsmith-mac · · Score: 5, Informative

    Credit checks for post-paid accounts.

  2. Re:Not doing it right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Strange, I never gave my SSN to the dealer of the last car I bought. Unless they want to a credit check, they have no reason to have your SSN. Often times they run that credit check without your explicit knowledge. They claim they have to or it is policy or they "do that for everyone" because the government requires it. That is a LIE.