A report reveals that AT&T paid a hacker $370,000 to delete the customer data he helped steal from the carrier.
Just the other day we told you that AT&T had been the victim of a hacking campaign that stole customer records from the carrier from May 1 to October 30, 2022. A published report reveals that AT&T paid a member of the team that hacked into its records more than $300,000 to delete the data. As proof that the hacker erased the stolen data, AT&T requested that it be sent a video for proof of deletion. Originally, the hacker demanded $1 million to delete the data but settled for more than a third of that amount.
The hacker who got paid by AT&T to delete the data that he had helped steal, is believed to be a member of the ShinyHunters hacking team. He told WIRED that AT&T paid what was characterized as ransom in May through a payment of 5.7 bitcoins which was valued at over $373,000 at the time of the transaction.
