AT&T, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies with over 100 million users in the US alone, today issued a statement that frightened its customers. The company announced that it had been the victim of a cyberattack.

According to the statements, the company’s US operations have disappeared as a result of the attack almost all of their customers call data has been stolen. This means that the information of approximately 110 million people has been stolen. So it is one of the biggest leaks you will ever hear about.

Call data between May and October 2022 has been seized

The attack is truly a terrible security problem. Because only humans phone numbers Not only that, but their phone records were also confiscated. Good Who communicates with whom? The attackers also reached.

AT&T said in its statement that the data includes both mobile and landline users. Stolen records were May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 It was reported that it contained data for the six-month period between. It was also reported that another incident occurred on January 2, 2023, in which a small number of users’ data was stolen.

The attacker or attackers used a third-party cloud platform, the telecommunications giant told The Verge. Company account on Snowflake He stated that he accessed the data via .

AT&T added that it is taking steps to shut down the illegal access point and is working with law enforcement to apprehend those responsible for the incident. The company apologized for what happened and added that it would send information about the problem to all of its users.