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Originally published at: AT&T Data Breach Exposes Over 86 Million Customer Records

A new data breach has hit AT&T customers hard, with hackers releasing personal information from 86 million customer accounts. The leaked information includes over 43 million Social Security Numbers that have been fully decrypted and exposed in plain text. Table of ContentsWhat AT&T Customer Information Was Leaked?Timeline of the BreachAT&T’s History of Data BreachesWhat Makes…

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This is unreal

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Yes, they want to pass legislation to block internet but don’t give a damn about Big Business selling, errr leaking everyone’s Social Security numbers! Give me a break! The US has better things to worry about!

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Anyone have a recommendation for a good identity theft protection service that will monitor the dark web and issue alerts for suspicious activity?

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Malwarebytes. You can check if your creds are on the dark web. Real time scanning active lets you know if a site is unsafe or just a phishing site etc. Even has real time txt scanning for embedded malware/adware/spyware etc.

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Lifelock

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With all the outsourcing these companies do with their IT department, I am not surprised and most breaches we don’t hear about them until way after the fact. These are inside jobs as well as hackers, when you outsource you give up a lot of control.

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How exciting! I guess i will get my 4th free credit monitoring service.

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I use Norton Lifelock. Not great, very expensive, but you just cant get an unbiased evaluation of the options out there - everyones go something to gain!

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We live in wild times, These companies will always be at risk and so will our data. So my advice for everyone with this hack is.

  • Change your AT&T account password and enable multi-factor authentication.

  • 2FA should be enabled on all your accounts that offer it. It’s 2025 you really should be using it.

  • Monitor your credit for signs of fraud and consider freezing your credit temporarily.

  • Be vigilant for phishing attempts and scams that may use your personal information.

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I was one of the people who had their social security number put on the web a few years ago when a major company was hacked. Then the criminals got into or bank account using that info and stole $10k out of my savings account. Let me tell you, once your social security number is out there , you are screwed, because the social security administration won’t give you an other number so it’s out there for the rest of your life…they just don’t care to help you at all . all you can do is put a credit freeze on, but that’s of little help.

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