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AT&T: Data breach affects 73 million or 51 million customers. No, we won’t explain | When the data was published in 2021, the company said it didn't belong to its customers.


When the data was published in 2021, the company said it didn't belong to its customers.

"SECURITY IS IMPORTANT TO US" — AT&T is notifying millions of current or former customers that their account data has been compromised and published last month on the dark web. In a mandatory filing with the Maine Attorney General’s office, the telecommunications company said 51.2 million account holders were affected. Advertisement According to a March 30 article published by TechCrunch, a security researcher said the passcodes were stored in an encrypted format that could easily be decrypted.

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