Scary AT&T breach leaks up to 70 million Social Security numbers to the dark web

Data breach occurred two weeks ago.

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All of your social security numbers into the dark web and all AT&T users get is a laughable $5 credit per account
- I was an AT&T customer in 2001 but haven’t used them since and I’m guessing this leak will include my data as well. This is such crap. They ain’t offering me anything. They say it’s not impacting their operations but I don’t give a shit about their operations. It sounds like they covered it up for two weeks and are now trying to bury it. The government really has to start coming down hard on these asshats.

All those SSN’s were leaked a few years ago by equinox anyway.
Thanks, I hate it.
- And also leaked by Equifax.

Why is AT&T even using Social Security numbers?
- Credit checks
  
  I haven’t been a customer for like ten years. And they only needed the ss number ten years before that. Why the hell did they retain that info after the credit check? Why the hell did they retain it after I stopped using their service?

Just a note. The 19.2 million AT&T prepaid customer should NOT be affected because SSN is never collected to start or continue service.

Maybe if there was some way SSNs were a secure systems. Because all we have right now is the no peaking system.

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