What’s the most troubling problem with this AT&T data breach?
A. 73 million victims,
B. info breached may have included “full names, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, AT&T account numbers and passcodes”,
C. AT&T “doesn’t have evidence at this point of unauthorized access to their systems and are not sure whether the data originated from the company or one of its vendors”,
D. All of the above.
“People should check their credit file and use two-factor authentication for every one of their accounts, said Andrew Sternke, the CEO of Southlake-based DarkBox Security Systems.
‘The real issue here is the fact that basically all the personal identifiable information that you would need to basically recreate a person in the cyberspace was leaked,’ Sternke said.
Brett Callow, a threat analyst with the cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, said customers should sign up for the credit monitoring services offered. He also urged people to consider putting a block on their credit to stop fraud from happening.”
Unfortunately, the threat to the victims’ financial identity with this type of stolen “personally identifiable information” (pii) is for life, and the “free” monitoring services are offered for only 1 or 2 years.
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