AT&T data breach affects 109 million US customers 

AT&T has disclosed a significant data breach involving unlawfully obtained data from a third-party cloud platform. The breach impacted approximately 109 million customers and resulted in the exposure of phone call and text message records spanning from May 1, 2022, to October 31, 2022, and January 2, 2023. The breach, discovered in April, did not include the content of calls or texts, or personal information like Social Security numbers. AT&T has stated that the stolen data involves the numbers called or texted, interaction counts, and some cell site IDs. AT&T is working with law enforcement and has taken steps to secure the access point. While the company has been cooperating with law enforcement, it has said that at least one person has already been arrested.

The company stated that the incident is not related to a previous breach disclosed in March. They are cooperating with law enforcement to apprehend the responsible parties, and they are aware that at least one person has been arrested.

STAGGERING: Nearly all @ATT customers’ text & call records breached.

An unknown entity now has an NSA-level view into Americans’ lives.

Damage isn’t limited to AT&T customers.

But everyone they interacted with.

Also a huge national security incident given government customers… pic.twitter.com/w0gNeJduQt

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) July 12, 2024