AT&T Reveals Easter Weekend Surprise For Customers: 73 Million Accounts Leaked On Dark Web

By ZeroHedge

Millions of AT&T Inc. users received bad news from the third-largest US retail wireless carrier this Easter holiday weekend: Their personal data has been leaked onto the dark web.

In a press release on Saturday, the telecommunications giant said it has "determined that AT&T data-specific fields were contained in a data set released on the dark web approximately two weeks ago" and contains "personal information such as social security numbers."

"It is not yet known whether the data ... originated from AT&T or one of its vendors," the company said, adding, "Currently, AT&T does ...