AT&T and CenturyLink are Being Sued for Exposing Millions of Private Customer Accounts Online [telecom]

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By Marsha Silva

Dismayed customers of both AT&T-owned DirecTV and CenturyLink are now taking action against these companies for failing to protect their information online.

These days, most of the outrage surrounding privacy involves Facebook. But it turns out that AT&T and CenturyLink may be even worse.

Now, both companies are facing a class action lawsuit for some pretty bad behavior. The AT&T-owned DirecTV and CenturyLink have been accused of leaving private customer data online available for anybody to find via a simple search. That is, for potentially millions of customers.