AT&T said the breach doesn't include the content of calls or texts or personal information such as Social Security numbers.
  • FiveMacsEnglish
    881·
    5 months ago

    Hackers didn’t do anything, at&t failed in one of their few roles, security. It’s your fault for being so pathetically shit. These companies seriously need major punishments or being jailed for life. I’m beyond sick of them all and they no fucks given bribe everything mentality.

    • MagicShel@programming.devEnglish
      41·
      5 months ago

      Hackers in this case likely means someone who can read a url and increment a number and is curious. Which ought to be everyone over the age of about 7.

      Congratulations! Everyone is now a hacker!

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      19·
      5 months ago

      Companies should be forced to pay thousands of dollars to each customer that gets their data stolen on top of paying for any damages caused by the use of the stolen data. That would put them out of business with a breach this large.

      • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        You’ll take your check for $3.27 from the class action lawsuit that settled 4 years ago, and you’ll be happy

      • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.meEnglish
        6·
        5 months ago

        They all get cybersecurity insurance to limit/eliminate that risk and pass it down to someone else. Yeah, we’re at a point where companies have accepted it’ll happen and pay for fucking cybersecurity insurance to protect their capital instead of spending that money on actual security.

        Increasing the liability just means the premiums will be passed down to the users, and insurance companies will be rolling in cash. Not like the users would get the settlements anyway.

        And of course there’s the whole problem of disposable LLCs, so even a corporate death penalty would do shit, because our society doesn’t give a shit about people, only capital.

        • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Needs to be a percentage of revenue earned to eliminate the possibility of passing the buck. So… It’s not happening any time soon.

          • Someone who has to pay higher rates because PG&E exec pocketed revenue instead of investing in company infrastructure, killing numerous people across multiple incidents.
  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    5 months ago

    Company has been laying off people in droves. This stuff will become more common with AT&T.

    Change service providers. Sell any stock you might have.

  • sunzu@kbin.run
    212·
    5 months ago

    Good thing I ain’t got nothing to hide…

    I also put a ring door camera on the inside of my bathroom to keep me safe!

  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    5 months ago

    Which means AT&T customers can expect spam calls/texts to get much worse in the coming weeks. This breach is basically a gigantic list of known good phone numbers, and there are free tools available to link names/emails to phone numbers.