Stolen data includes millions of AT&T customer phone numbers, calling and text records, and location-related data

[…] AT&T said the stolen data “does not contain the content of calls or texts,” but does include calling and texting records that an AT&T phone number interacted with during the six-month period, as well as the total count of a customer’s calls and texts, and call durations — information that is often referred to as metadata. The stolen data does not include the time or date of calls or texts, AT&T said.

Additional article: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/07/hackers-steal-phone-sms-records-for-nearly-all-att-customers/

  • @SquishyPandaDev
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    101 month ago

    It’s not clear for what reason AT&T was storing customer data in Snowflake, and the spokesperson would not say.

    AT&T has a very long history of spying for the government. It’s one of the reasons it took so long to break up their monopoly.

    • Night Monkey
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      31 month ago

      Yep. I used to say this decades ago and was called a crazy conspiracy theorist. When Snowden went public and confirmed it, they shut up