AT&T Paid Hacker $370,000 to Erase Stolen Customer Data
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AT&T paid a hacker $370,000 in bitcoin to delete stolen customer data, negotiating through an intermediary after the hacker initially demanded $1 million. The hacker provided a video as proof of deletion, but there are concerns that some data excerpts may still exist. The breach is linked to the ShinyHunters group, which also compromised Ticketmaster and Santander Bank using stolen credentials from a third-party cloud storage company.
- AT&T reportedly gave $370,000 to a hacker to delete its stolen customer data The Verge
- Hacker Says AT&T Paid About $400,000 to Erase Sensitive Data Bloomberg
- Federal government investigating the AT&T security breach CBS News
- Hackers stole almost everyone’s AT&T call records. What should you do? The Washington Post
- AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records WIRED
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