Democracy Dies in Darkness

Data from 73 million AT&T accounts leaked to dark web, company says

The data set includes personal information such as Social Security numbers and email addresses

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Customer data was released about two weeks ago onto the dark web, AT&T said. (Michael Noble Jr. for The Washington Post)
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Information from 73 million current and former AT&T accounts appears to have been leaked onto the dark web, the communications company said Saturday.

The data set was released about two weeks ago onto the dark web, which can be used for illegal activity by anonymous criminals. It may have included information such as Social Security numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, full names, dates of birth and mailing addresses, according to AT&T’s note to customers. The company said it reset the passcodes of 7.6 million current customers.