Data for 86 million AT&T customers leaked again. I take it as a warning

AT&T Data Breach Exposes 86 Million Customers’ Personal Data, Now Circulating on Dark Web

AT&T has confirmed a data breach affecting approximately 86 million customers, with the compromised information now being recirculated on underground forums by Russian hackers. The breach, which originally occurred in 2024, exposed sensitive customer data including full names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and Social Security numbers in plain text format. The incident follows a previous AT&T security breach in …

Data for 86 million AT&T customers leaked again. I take it as a warning

AT&T lost information on millions of its U.S. customers last year—not just account numbers, but full names, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, birth dates, and even social security numbers. But that wasn’t the end of the story, as the stolen data surfaced again. And this time, birthdates and SSNs (supposedly encrypted before) are now included in plain text. According to recent news reports, this reappearance of AT&T customer pro…