--- title: AT&T Attack Reveals 73 Million Customer Records Exposed On The Dark Web description: AT&T Attack Reveals 73 Million Customer Records Exposed On The Dark Web image: https://blog.securafy.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/May_2024_Blog_4-1.jpg --- [Securafy Knowledge Hub](https://blog.securafy.com) - [Topics](https://blog.securafy.com/#sf-cover) - [Tools](https://blog.securafy.com/#sf-tools) - [Books & Guides](https://blog.securafy.com/#sf-books) [Talk to Securafy](https://meetings.hubspot.com/securafy/strategy-call) [Topics](https://blog.securafy.com/#sf-cover) [Tools](https://blog.securafy.com/#sf-tools) [Books & Guides](https://blog.securafy.com/#sf-books) [Talk to Securafy](https://meetings.hubspot.com/securafy/strategy-call) [Knowledge Hub](https://blog.securafy.com) / Business Continuity Business Continuity # AT&T Attack Reveals 73 Million Customer Records Exposed On The Dark Web AT&T Attack Reveals 73 Million Customer Records Exposed On The Dark Web ![Rodney Hall](https://blog.securafy.com/hubfs/Rodney%20Hall-1.png) By Rodney Hall Updated Dec 2024 3 min read Share [**](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://blog.securafy.com/2024/05/30/att-attack-reveals-73-million-customer-records-exposed-on-the-dark-web) [**](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://blog.securafy.com/2024/05/30/att-attack-reveals-73-million-customer-records-exposed-on-the-dark-web&text=%3Cspan+id%3D%22hs_cos_wrapper_name%22+class%3D%22hs_cos_wrapper+hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field+hs_cos_wrapper_type_text%22+style%3D%22%22+data-hs-cos-general-type%3D%22meta_field%22+data-hs-cos-type%3D%22text%22+%3EAT%26T+Attack+Reveals+73+Million+Customer+Records+Exposed+On+The+Dark+Web%3C%2Fspan%3E) [**](mailto:?subject=%3Cspan+id%3D%22hs_cos_wrapper_name%22+class%3D%22hs_cos_wrapper+hs_cos_wrapper_meta_field+hs_cos_wrapper_type_text%22+style%3D%22%22+data-hs-cos-general-type%3D%22meta_field%22+data-hs-cos-type%3D%22text%22+%3EAT%26T+Attack+Reveals+73+Million+Customer+Records+Exposed+On+The+Dark+Web%3C%2Fspan%3E&body=https://blog.securafy.com/2024/05/30/att-attack-reveals-73-million-customer-records-exposed-on-the-dark-web) ![](https://blog.securafy.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/May_2024_Blog_4-1.jpg?width=300&height=225&name=May_2024_Blog_4-1.jpg) In a statement released by the largest telecommunications company in the United States, AT&T, they shared that they recently discovered a dataset for sale on the ‚Äúdark web‚Äù that contained information for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former users, totaling approximately 73 million affected accounts. AT&T shared that the data released contained passcodes (PIN numbers) and Social Security numbers from 2019 or earlier and did not contain any other personal financial information or call history but could possibly include e-mail and mailing addresses, phone numbers and birthdates. AT&T has reached out to all customers via e-mail or mail to let them know of the breach and to reset their passcodes. If you‚Äôre an AT&T customer, it‚Äôs important to be highly critical of any e-mail asking you to change your password. Please make sure it is from AT&T, as it‚Äôs suspected other cybercriminals will attempt to capitalize on this issue and send out fake e-mails with malicious links, hoping someone will click on them. If you‚Äôre concerned it‚Äôs a fake e-mail, call AT&T support and ask them to send another reset link while you‚Äôre on the phone. As for the cause of the breach, it‚Äôs still unknown whether the data breach originated from AT&T or one of its vendors, but AT&T has launched an investigation and will likely hire computer forensics specialists to find the cause of the incident. The organization will also have to scrub any installed malware out of the software that runs its customer account system without disrupting unaffected customers‚Äô service. Between the investigation, cleaning up the issues, lawsuits, legal fees and more, this will be an expensive issue to solve. That‚Äôs why at [company_long], we talk about being proactive with cybersecurity so often. While no solution is 100% impenetrable, most are strong enough to keep the majority of hackers out. It is way more costly to deal with the effects of a cyber-attack than it is to prevent one in the first place. If you‚Äôre concerned about the safety of your organization, request a FREE Security Assessment from our team of cybersecurity experts. 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Add it below. ![Rodney Hall](https://blog.securafy.com/hubfs/Rodney%20Hall-1.png) About The Author Rodney Hall · President & COO Rodney Hall is the President and COO of Securafy, with 2 decades of experience in IT service management and operations. He writes about the less glamorous but essential side of IT: support systems, documentation, business continuity, recurring issues, downtime, and the processes that keep client environments running well. His perspective comes from years spent improving how service is delivered, how teams respond, and how small problems are prevented from becoming much larger ones. Outside of work, Rodney enjoys home improvement projects, woodworking, and dirt bike riding. 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