AT&T finally acknowledges data breach affecting 51 million people

One of the largest wireless services providers in the USA, AT&T, has finally acknowledged what hackers stole from them. Data belonging to more than 51 million people. 

Regulatory compliance and legal action

The ongoing rule requiring public companies to disclose cyber security breaches led AT&T to submit a data breach notification to the authorities. AT&T also likely got a nudge from its legal team too. After tech blogs confirmed that stolen data on the dark web belongs to AT&T customers. …

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