AT&T informs 9M customers about data breach [telecom]

Mar 10, 2023 0 Replies

The company’s marketing vendor suffered a security failure in January and exposed CPNI data that included first names, wireless account numbers, wireless phone numbers, and email addresses.



By Apurva Venkat



AT&T is informing customers about a data breach at a vendor’s system that allowed threat actors to gain access to AT&T’s Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI).



The incident came to light after customers posted the email communication from AT&T on community forums to know if it was legitimate or email fraud.



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