ID: IRCNE20111101320
Date: 2011-11-21
According to “ComputerWorld”, AT&T on Monday acknowledged an organized attempt to hack information on fewer than 1% of its 100 million wireless customers, but said no accounts were breached.
A spokesman said the hackers appear to have used auto-script technology to find whether AT&T telephone numbers were linked to online AT&T accounts. He didn't elaborate, but said an investigation is continuing.
The spokesman said fewer than 1% of AT&T's 100.7 million wireless subscribers were contacted by hackers through email, a number that could mean about 1 million customers were affected.
"Our investigation is ongoing to determine the source or intent of the attempt to gather this information," AT&T spokesman said in an email.
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