Telecommunications company AT&T reported Saturday that it is investigating an incident in which personal information for millions of customers, such as their address and Social Security number, was published two weeks ago on the “dark web.”
The North American operator said that although it has advanced its investigation into the incident, “it is not known whether the data in these fields comes from AT&T or one of its suppliers,” which includes data from previous customers, according to a statement. Released today.
The investigation is being conducted by internal and external cybersecurity experts to determine how data from approximately 7.6 million customers and approximately 65.4 million previous account holders accessed the “dark web” where content is hosted on “sites” whose IP address is hidden, but which anyone can Someone has access to it if they know the address.
In total, the case involves data from 73 million accounts that ended up in the “dark” part of the Internet, and whose information dates back to 2019 or even earlier.
“AT&T has no evidence of unauthorized access to its systems resulting in the data breach,” the technology company said.
The company is communicating with affected customers.
Last February, AT&T apologized to thousands of users affected by a service outage due to technical problems that affected thousands of people in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York, which occurred due to a technical problem while the company was trying to expand its network.
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