AT&T’s Epic Fail: 110 Million Customers’ Data Breached Due to Cloud Partner Flop
AT&T just confirmed a colossal data breach affecting nearly all 110 million customers in 2022. Hackers stole metadata, phone numbers, and text data. On the bright side, your embarrassing texts are safe—sort of.
Hot Take:
AT&T just experienced a data breach so massive that it might as well start selling tickets to the circus. Nearly all of its 110 million customers are affected, and while the company blames its cloud data partner Snowflake, it looks like someone forgot to turn on multi-factor authentication. Oops! With phone numbers, text data, and phone records out in the wild, AT&T customers might want to brace themselves for an influx of spam calls and texts. But hey, at least your embarrassing texts to your ex are safe…for now.
Key Points:
- AT&T data breach impacted nearly all of its 110 million wireless subscribers.
- Hackers stole phone numbers, text data, and phone records, but not the content of texts or calls.
- Breach occurred from May 1, 2022, to January 2, 2023, with the majority happening by October 31, 2022.
- AT&T blames cloud data partner Snowflake; Snowflake blames lack of multi-factor authentication.
- UNC5537 cybercriminal group suspected, with financial motivations behind the hack.
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