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AT&T breach leaked call and text records from ‘nearly all’ wireless customers


Customers on AT&T MVNOs like Cricket are affected, too.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. AT&T spokesperson Alex Byers confirmed to The Verge the threat actor accessed the information through the company’s account on a third-party cloud platform, Snowflake, similar to data breaches that have affected Ticketmaster and Santander Bank. In a blog post, AT&T said “we do not believe that the data is publicly available” and that it has “taken steps to close off the illegal access point.” The company is working with law enforcement to “arrest those involved” and says one person has already been apprehended.

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