Zack WhittakerMar 30, 2024

Breaking: AT&T has reset millions of customer account passcodes after a huge cache of data containing AT&T customer records was dumped online earlier this month, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

A security researcher who analyzed the leaked data told TechCrunch that the encrypted account passcodes are easy to decipher. TechCrunch held the publication of this story until AT&T could reset customer account passcodes.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/30/att-reset-account-passcodes-customer-data/

AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online | TechCrunch

Security researcher told TechCrunch that leaked AT&T customer data contained encrypted account passcodes that can be easily unscrambled.

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In a statement provided Saturday, AT&T said: "Based on our preliminary analysis, the data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders.”

That's about 73 million records. AT&T said, however, that it's still unclear how the data got online.

More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/30/att-reset-account-passcodes-customer-data/

AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online | TechCrunch

Security researcher told TechCrunch that leaked AT&T customer data contained encrypted account passcodes that can be easily unscrambled.

TechCrunch
Mar 30, 2024 at 2:25pmWeb