The group of hackers is claiming that they have access to the database of AT&T which holds the personal and sensitive information of more than 70 million customers. On a post on Raid Forums, which is a hacker forum and marketplace, ShinyHunters asked for $200k for the database of AT&T.
What Data Does ShinyHunters Have?
As per sample records from ShinyHunters on the forum, they have access to the details of the customers including- names, addresses, date of birth, email address, social security number, and zip codes. These data of the customers are reported to be sold on the forum by the ShinyHunters, however, AT&T is yet to say whether the data breach is legitimate or not. If the data breach is legitimate then it will be a disaster for the company as well as the customers.
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AT&T Data Breach of 70 Million Users
Government-backed hacking groups, ransomware gangs, spy agencies, or even scammers can buy the database. This will expose customers to all the physical and online threats. The news came a few days after the T-Mobile customers’ records sold by the hackers on the same forum. T-Mobile confirmed the data breach to be legitimate. However, no connection has been established between both T-Mobile and AT&T data breaches.
Previous Data Breaches By ShinyHunters
Since 2020, databases of various companies got hacked by ShinyHunters. ShinyHunters hacked the database of the following companies-
WattPad-271 million accounts leakedDunzo-11GB worth of data leaked123RF 8.3M accounts leakedWedMeGood- 41.5 GB worth of dataBig Basket- 20 million accounts leakedMinted-5 million accounts leakedProctorU-444,267 accounts leakedDave.com-7 million accounts leakedBhinneka-1 million+ accounts leakedMashable- 5.22GB worth of dataTokopedia-91 million accounts leakedCouchsurfing-17 million accounts leakedAnimal Jam– Tens of millions of users’ data, especially children.
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