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AT&T, Inc. is a major telecommunications holding company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. AT&T owns several smaller telecommunications companies, including Cricket Wireless and DIRECTV. [1]
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1885 |
| Legal structure | Public |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Official website | https://att.com/ |
In 2017, the Electronic Frontier Foundation awarded AT&T with a 1 out of 5 stars privacy rating, the same as AT&T's largest competitors, Verizon and T-Mobile.[2]
Consumer impact summary
Incidents
Selling consumer data (2024)
FCC found that all major telecommunications companies were illegally selling customer's location data. IFCC fined AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million, AT&T's share amounted to 0.22% of their net annual income.[Video References 1]
Massive data breach (March 2024)
In March 2024, tens of millions of records allegedly breached from AT&T were posted to a popular hacking forum.[3] Dating back to August 2021, the data was originally posted for sale before later being freely released. At the time, AT&T maintained that there had not been a breach of their systems and that the data originated from elsewhere. Twelve days later, AT&T acknowledged that data fields specific to them were in the breach and that it was not yet known whether the breach occurred at their end or that of a vendor.[4] AT&T also proceeded to reset customer account passcodes,[5] an indicator that there was sufficient belief passcodes had been compromised. The incident exposed names, email and physical addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and US Social Security numbers.
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References:
- ↑ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732717/000073271718000009/ex21.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180915003333/https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017
- ↑ https://www.troyhunt.com/inside-the-massive-alleged-att-data-breach
- ↑ https://about.att.com/story/2024/addressing-data-set-released-on-dark-web.html
- ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/30/att-reset-account-passcodes-customer-data/