Incident disclosureDisclosed 2024-07-12AT&T Inc.SEC filing

AT&T Inc. discloses a cybersecurity incident with data taken without authorization (SEC 8-K, July 2024)

On April 19, 2024, AT&T Inc. (“AT&T”) learned that a threat actor claimed to have unlawfully accessed and copied AT&T call logs.

What happened

  • Based on its investigation, AT&T believes that threat actors unlawfully accessed an AT&T workspace on a third-party cloud platform and, between April 14 and April 25, 2024, exfiltrated files containing AT&T records of customer call and text interactions that occurred between approximately May 1 and October 31, 2022, as well as on January 2, 2023, as described below.Form 8-K Item 1.05, AT&T Inc., filed 2024-07-12
  • AT&T will provide notice to its current and former impacted customers.Form 8-K Item 1.05, AT&T Inc., filed 2024-07-12
  • As of the date of this filing, this incident has not had a material impact on AT&T’s operations, and AT&T does not believe that this incident is reasonably likely to materially impact AT&T’s financial condition or results of operations.Form 8-K Item 1.05, AT&T Inc., filed 2024-07-12

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