AT&T Data Breach Reveals 73 Million Users’ Info on Hacker Forum

A telecommunications company, AT&T Inc., has confirmed that data that has recently been found to be on the dark web relating to 73 million of its past and present customers may have come from 2019 or earlier. Originally, the data was being for sale on the now defunct Raid Forums hacking forum in 2021 with the name Social Security numbers and dates of birth and was rumoured to have been for sale for that long. 

Following a breach by a seller earlier this month, the same data appeared in an online search earlier this month. The information may have included AT&T account numbers, full names, email addresses, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and passcodes. Aside from passcodes and Social Security numbers, AT&T also reported that the hacked data may have included email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and birth dates in addition to passcodes and Social Security numbers, AT&T said. 

A hacker forum reported the breach nearly two weeks ago. It is unknown if the leak is related to a similar breach in 2021 that was widely reported but AT&T did not acknowledge. Before the leak, the telecom giant denied that the data in question came from its systems, and disputed whether it contained accurate customer data. 

As of now, the “recycled” data includes 49 million email addresses and 44 million Social Security numbers, which w

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