AT&T fined $13M by FCC for January 2023 data breach exposing 8.9M customers' account details.
AT&T will pay a $13 million fine to the FCC following a January 2023 data breach affecting 8.9 million customers. The breach, linked to a third-party vendor, exposed account details that should have been deleted years earlier, but did not involve sensitive data like Social Security numbers or credit card information. As part of the settlement, AT&T will enhance its data governance practices to better protect customer information in the future.
September 17, 2024
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