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FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year


An anonymous reader shares a report: FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T's system last year stole months of their agents' call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities of confidential informants, a document reviewed by Bloomb...

An anonymous reader shares a report: FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T's system last year stole months of their agents' call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities of confidential informants, a document reviewed by Bloomberg News shows. Data from all FBI devices under the bureau's AT&T service for public safety agencies were presumed taken, the document shows. The cache of hacked AT&T records didn't reveal the substance of communications but, according to the document, could link investigators to their secret sources.

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