Detailed AT&T customer data inappropriately accessed by unlocking company

June 15, 2014

If you're an AT&T customer you may have received an email recently about a security breach within the organization. AT&T has now confirmed personal information such as Social Security numbers and call records may have been accessed by individuals not authorized to view such information.

AT&T has not confirmed how many accounts have been affected but they did confirm the breach took place between April 9-21 and the accounts were accessed as 'as part of an effort to request codes from AT&T that are used to unlock AT&T mobile phones in the secondary mobile phone market.'

We recently learned that three employees of one of our vendors accessed some AT&T customer accounts without proper authorization. This is completely counter to the way we require our vendors to conduct business. We know our customers count on us and those who support our business to act with integrity and trust, and we take that very seriously. We have taken steps to help prevent this from happening again, and we have reported this matter to law enforcement.

So while it's not a 'hack' of customer data in the traditional sense, AT&T has taken proactive measures to advise customers of the breach by sending them notices and making them aware of the situation. Still, not the best of scenarios for carrier. Have you received any notices from AT&T?

Source: ITWorld; Via: PhoneScoop