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AT&T now says data breach impacted 51 million customers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by kid@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] xyguy@startrek.website 35 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Researchers: Hey you're breached

ATT: MMMM I don't think so. Pretty sure other people got breached and it looks like our data.

Researchers: Pretty sure it was you. Here's pretty compelling evidence.

ATT: No actually. I'm pretty sure we would know if we were breached.

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... ATT: We were breached

[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 12 points 7 months ago

If they denied and they didn't know how 51 million records were taken, that's even scarier.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

Gotta stall 'til the shares sell