Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Hackers access personal data on thousands of AT&T customers
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Hackers have broken into an AT&T computer system and accessed personal
> | data on thousands of customers who used its online store, the
> | telecommunications giant said on Tuesday.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | The break-in, which occurred over the weekend, was discovered within
> | hours, and the online store was shut down immediately. The company
> | quickly notified credit card companies and was contacting the affected
> | customers through email, phone and letter, AT&T said.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | The incident was the latest in a long string of data security breaches.
> | Since early last year, more than 90 million personal records have been
> | exposed in dozens of incidents, according to the latest information by
> | the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
> `----
>
> http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/30/content_5025992.htm
>
> Reminds me of stories such as:
>
> "University server in hackers' hands for a year"
>
>
http://news.com.com/University+server+in+hackers+hands+for+a+year/2100-7349_3-6074739.html
Right, another one, these people should always tell us which server OS their
data was on.
Unfortunately those emails to their customers are likely to go into spam,
because we have all had the emails telling us to confirm our bank details
etc.
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