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AT&T Resets Millions of Customer Passcodes After Data Leak: What You Need to Know

AT&T recently confirmed a significant data breach affecting over 7.6 million current customers and 65 million former customers. The leaked information, which dates back to 2019 or earlier, includes personal details like names, addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers. Fortunately, financial information and call history were not compromised. In response to the breach, AT&T has reset passcodes for affected customers. Passcodes, usually four-digit numbers, serve as an additional layer of security when accessing accounts. However, security experts warn that the encrypted passcodes leaked alongside customer information could be easily deciphered, posing a risk of unauthorized account access. Affected customers are advised to set up free fraud alerts with major credit bureaus and remain vigilant for any suspicious activity related to their accounts. AT&T is proactively reaching out to impacted customers via email or letter to inform them about the breach and the meas...

New LinkedIn data leak exposed details of 92% of users

New LinkedIn data leak exposed details of 92% of users. Professional networking platform LinkedIn has denied reports of a data breach that allegedly compromised the data of more than 700 million users. “Our teams have investigated a set of alleged LinkedIn data that has been posted for sale. We want to be clear that this is not a data breach and no private LinkedIn member data was exposed,” the company said in a note posted on its website. Our initial investigation has found that this data was scraped from LinkedIn and other various websites and includes the same data reported earlier this year in our April 2021 scraping update.” The data was obtained by a hacker who exploited the official LinkedIn API. The hacker is currently selling the information online and posted a sample of the data on June 22, containing the information of 1 million users. The leaked user data includes email address, full name, phone numbers, physical address, geolocation, user name, profile URL, gender, so...

150 million Covid vaccinated Indian people data leaked

150 million Covid vaccinated Indian people data leaked and put on for sell on the dark web. Data available at just $800 -$1000 on dark web. Update : It turnout to be a false data breach scare. Probably created for scamming via bitcoin payments. Because there is no proof of leak to be found no screenshot no data sample provided by the data sellers. Internet freedom has contacted many security expert and they said It’s most likely a scam. Yesterday, there was a false data breach scare after reports of a COWIN leak started rolling in. That was debunked. But we're making an appeal for you to pay attention here: Data breaches in India ARE rising. And our laws are not equipped to deal with them! This is why. -> https://t.co/NmM90ym2Fk — Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) (@internetfreedom) June 11, 2021 We found It was first posted on 27th May by ‘mind8hunter’ on twitter. https://twitter.com/mind8hunter1/status/1397986701885132801 As per tweet posted by Dark tr...