AT&T investigates the publication of millions of customers' data on the 'dark web'

The company AT&T reported today that it is investigating an incident in which information of millions of customers, such as their address and social security number, were published two weeks ago on the “deep web” (Darkweb), which is accessed in most cases through specific applications and browsers.

The company indicated in a press release that although it took that action, “it is not yet known whether the data in those fields originated from AT&T or one of its providers” and also includes former customers.

The investigation is being conducted by internal and external cybersecurity experts to determine how the data of approximately 7.6 million customers and approximately 65.4 million former account holders ended up there.

The preliminary analysis carried out by the company indicates that these data are from 2019 or earlier , adds the statement echoed by the Efe agency.

“AT&T has no evidence of unauthorized access to its systems that resulted in data breaches,” the company said.

The company also indicated that it is communicating with those affected and urged them to visit www.att.com/accountsafety for more information.

Last February, AT&T apologized to thousands of users affected by a service outage caused by technical problems that affected thousands of people in Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York, and that occurred due to a technical problem while the company was trying to expand its network. .

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