AT&T Hit By Another Data Breach; Info of 73 Million Customers Exposed

• AT&T data breach exposed personal information of nearly 73 million current and former customers • Compromised data includes Social Security numbers, passcodes, names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth • Notified affected customers, reset passcodes, launched investigation into breach • Breach appears similar to previous 2021 AT&T breach that went unacknowledged • Consumers can protect themselves by enabling fraud alerts, credit freezes, using strong passwords