When the massive trove of data was posted for sale on a cybercrime forum early this month, AT&T said it did not originate from its systems, even.
In brief: After spending two weeks repeatedly denying that a massive cache of data belonging to 73 million people came from the company, AT&T has now confirmed that it originates from current and former customers. The information contains full names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, birth dates, AT&T account numbers, and four-digit pin passcodes.
When the massive trove of data was posted for sale on a cybercrime forum early this month, AT&T said it did not originate from its systems, even though the poster said it was stolen from a 2021 breach of the telecommunications giant.
