New York Times: AT&T Says Phone Data of ‘Nearly All’ Customers Was Breached in 2022
Dr. Chris Pierson, chief executive of the cybersecurity company BlackCloak, said the incident appears to pose more of a national security concern than a risk to individual consumers. Through data broker records, phone numbers can be traced back to individuals, which could expose communication networks for people in national security roles.
“The most likely beneficiary of this specific data are foreign nation states or foreign actors,” Dr. Pierson said.
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