err0r Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 AT&T on Monday acknowledged an organized attempt to hack information on as many as 1 million AT&T wireless customer accounts, but the company said no accounts were breached. A spokesman said the hackers appear to have used auto-script technology to find whether AT&T telephone numbers were linked to online AT&T accounts. He didn't elaborate, but said an investigation is continuing. The spokesman said fewer than 1% of AT&T's 100.7 million wireless subscribers were contacted by hackers through email, a number that could mean about 1 million customers were affected. "Our investigation is ongoing to determine the source or intent of the attempt to gather this information," AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel said in an email. He said the AT&T account holders were advised of the attempt "out of an abundance of caution." Source: Matt Hamblen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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