Well, this is a swift kick in the tenders if you’re an AT&T iPhone customer.
More than two years after a hack, the wireless company has finally begun resetting passcodes for customers following the intrusion.
Most of the compromised passcodes belong to some 65.4 million current and former AT&T customers. However, the company has reset passcodes for 7.6 million of its current customers, in the typical abundance of caution often cited.
The passcodes are generally four-digit numbers used to help verify customer accounts when they are accessed by customers or AT&T support staff. AT&T has stated that no account passwords were compromised in the breach.
While the passcodes and other information were encrypted, it remains possible to decipher the data. In addition to the passcodes, the data leaked includes customer names, dates of birth, home addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers.
The leak was first reported on hacker forums back in 2021. AT&T denied that the hack had taken place until now. The company continues to say that it has no evidence of “unauthorized access to its systems resulting in exfiltration of the data set.”
AT&T has also set up a new website reporting the incident and offered tips as to how customers can keep their accounts secure.
“Our internal teams are working with external cybersecurity experts to analyze the situation,” AT&T said. It added that the compromised data “does not contain personal financial information or call history,” and the company will offer complimentary identity theft and credit monitoring services to affected customers.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via AppleInsider and AT&T