Call the breach a "stunning and dangerous breach of its customers’ privacy and intrusion into their personal lives."
AT&T have been summoned by two US senators to answer questions about the recent breach.
According to Reuters, senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who chairs a subcommittee on investigations and Republican Josh Hawley, have written to AT&T CEO John Stankey, asking if the wireless company will compensate consumers.
The senators’ letter called the breach a stunning and dangerous breach of its customers’ privacy and intrusion into their personal lives, and there "is no reason to believe that AT&T’s sensitive data will not also be auctioned and fall into the hands of criminals and foreign intelligence agencies.”
The senators said the stolen information could “easily provide cybercriminals, spies, and stalkers a logbook of the communications and activities of AT&T customers over several months, including where those customers live and travelled.”
AT&T has said it would respond directly to the senators.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
