AT&T says a massive trove of data impacting 71 million people did not originate from its systems after a hacker leaked it on a cybercrime forum and claimed it was stolen in a 2021 breach of the company.

AT&T says a massive trove of data impacting 71 million people did not originate from its systems after a hacker leaked it on a cybercrime forum and claimed it was stolen in a 2021 breach of the company.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzEnglish
      26·
      8 months ago

      Well, you see, they sold that data to a third party, and the third party was hacked. Probably.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        They don’t even have to have sold any data at all. A ton of things handling CPNI that are operated by carriers are directly controlled by third party companies. Including purpose built systems used only by the carrier, but operated and maintained by a third party contract.

    • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      8 months ago

      Uhh, we threw those servers in the garbage. So they were no longer ours…