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WIRED: Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
U.S. telecommunication company AT&T disclosed a data breach in July (presumably 2024) that exposed call and text messaging logs from six months in 2022... of almost all 100,000,000+ customers. This includes FBI special agents' interactions with sources connected to investigations (confidential informants, etc.) and has far reaching impacts.

WIRED reported in July that after the hackers attempted to extort AT&T, the company paid $370,000 in an attempt to have the data trove deleted. In December, US investigators charged and arrested a suspect who reportedly was behind the entity that threatened to leak the stolen data.

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