Logical Analysis Report

Key Focus

  • In its report, TechCrunch said that "this is the first time that AT&T has acknowledged that the leaked data belongs to its customers, some three years after a hacker claimed the theft of 73 million AT&T customer records." ...
  • TechCrunch, which first reported on the passcode reset, said it informed AT&T on Monday that "the leaked data contained encrypted passcodes that could be used to access AT&T customer accounts.". . TechCrunch said it delayed publishing its article until the company "could begin resetting customer account passcodes." ...


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  • References

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    •   topTechCrunch, which first reported on the passcode reset, said it informed AT&T on Monday that "the leaked data contained encrypted passcodes that could be used to access AT&T customer accounts.". . TechCrunch said it delayed publishing its article until the company "could begin resetting customer account passcodes."
    •   top. In its report, TechCrunch said that "this is the first time that AT&T has acknowledged that the leaked data belongs to its customers, some three years after a hacker claimed the theft of 73 million AT&T customer records."
    • ( COMPANY, INFORMATION )  top
    •   top"To the best of our knowledge, the compromised data appears to be from 2019 or earlier and does not contain personal financial information or call history.". . The company said that "information varied by customer and account," but that it may have included a person's full name, email address, mailing address, phone number,...
    •   top. The company said it would be "reaching out to individuals with compromised sensitive personal information separately and offering complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services."
    • ( COMPANY, WEB )  top
    •   topThe telecommunications giant AT&T announced on Saturday that it had reset the passcodes of 7.6 million customers after it determined that compromised customer data was "released on the dark web.".
    • ( COMPANY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS )  top
    •   topNearly eight million customers and 65.4 million former account holders were affected by the data breach, the company said.. . The telecommunications giant AT&T announced on Saturday that it had reset the passcodes of 7.6 million customers after it determined that compromised customer data was "released on the dark web."
    • ( COMPANY, SOCIAL_SECURITY )  top
    •   topThe company said that "information varied by customer and account," but that it may have included a person's full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, Social Security number, date of birth, AT&T account number and passcode.
    • ( COMPANY, SERVICES )  top
    •   topThe company said it would be "reaching out to individuals with compromised sensitive personal information separately and offering complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services.".
    • ( COMPANY, RESETTING )  top
    •   top... that "the leaked data contained encrypted passcodes that could be used to access AT&T customer accounts.". . TechCrunch said it delayed publishing its article until the company "could begin resetting customer account passcodes.". . In its report, TechCrunch said that "this is the first time that AT&T has acknowledged that the leaked data belongs to its customers, some three years after a...
    • ( COMPANY, REPRESENTATIVE )  top
    •   topIt also said that it was starting a "robust investigation supported by internal and external cybersecurity experts.". . A company representative did not address specific questions about how the breach happened or why it went unnoticed for so long
    • ( COMPANY, QUESTIONS )  top
    •   topIt also said that it was starting a "robust investigation supported by internal and external cybersecurity experts.". . A company representative did not address specific questions about how the breach happened or why it went unnoticed for so long.
    • ( COMPANY, PHONE )  top
    •   topThe company said that "information varied by customer and account," but that it may have included a person's full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, Social Security number, date of birth, AT&T account number and passcode.
    • ( COMPANY, MAILING )  top
    •   topThe company said that "information varied by customer and account," but that it may have included a person's full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, Social Security number, date of birth, AT&T account number and passcode
    • ( COMPANY, KNOWLEDGE )  top
    •   top"To the best of our knowledge, the compromised data appears to be from 2019 or earlier and does not contain personal financial information or call history."
    • ( TECHCRUNCH )  top
    • ( TECHCRUNCH, RESETTING )  top
    •   top. TechCrunch said it delayed publishing its article until the company "could begin resetting customer account passcodes.".
    • ( TECHCRUNCH, REPRESENTATIVE )  top
    •   topA company representative did not address specific questions about how the breach happened or why it went unnoticed for so long.
    • ( TECHCRUNCH, QUESTIONS )  top
    •   topA company representative did not address specific questions about how the breach happened or why it went unnoticed for so long.. . TechCrunch, which first reported on the passcode reset, said it informed AT&T on Monday that "the leaked data contained encrypted...
    • ( TECHCRUNCH, EVIDENCE )  top
    •   topAT&T said that it did not know whether the leaked data "originated from AT&T or one of its vendors" and that it "does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its systems resulting in theft of the data set.".
    • ( TECHCRUNCH, ARTICLE )  top
    •   top. TechCrunch said it delayed publishing its article until the company "could begin resetting customer account passcodes.".
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    •   top... its vendors" and that it "does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its systems resulting in theft of the data set.". . The episode comes after AT&T customers experienced a widespread outage last month that temporarily cut off connections for users across the United States for several hours
    •   top. A few days later, AT&T offered customers affected by the outage a $5 credit in an effort to "make it right.". .
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