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Oopsie Daisy

(3,072 posts) Wed May 15, 2024, 11:55 AM May 15

I received a "NOTICE OF DATA BREACH" from AT&T * [View all]

* and in the letter they state: "... we're writing to inform you that AT&T has determined that some of your personal information was compromised."

Apparently on March 26th of this year, AT&T customer information was included in a dataset released on the "dark web" on March 17th. --- I'm not sure what this "dark web" thing means, but it sounds ominous.

They don't say specifically, but I'm sure the data in their possession was from the time when I was a DirecTV subscriber. After many years of satisfaction with DirecTV, the moment they were taken over by AT&T everything went downhill so we moved on.

For my trouble, they're offering me a free one-year subscription to Experian's "Identity Works" which provides credit monitoring and identity restoration services. I've decided to go ahead and sign up. It's free... and it couldn't hurt, right?

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I received a "NOTICE OF DATA BREACH" from AT&T * [View all] Oopsie Daisy May 15 OP

are you sure it's actually from ATT? Stardust Mirror May 15 #1

Which breach? BadgerKid May 15 #2

I got the same letter................... Lovie777 May 15 #3

Got one too last week. We used to have their fiber svc onetexan May 15 #4

I received it twice SleeplessinSoCal May 15 #5

I seem to get a letter every week from some asshole company LuckyCharms May 15 #6

Be aware that Experian was also hacked. Arne May 15 #7

I did not know that. llmart May 15 #19

I also received a text trying to get at Schools zfirdt Credit Union. SleeplessinSoCal May 15 #8

I did... thank you! It will be interesting to see if I start receiving reports and alerts. Oopsie Daisy May 15 #18

CBS report on the data breach. SleeplessinSoCal May 15 #10

currently.com ??? SleeplessinSoCal May 15 #11

Here's a breakdown of the domain name "currently.att.yahoo.com" into its component parts: Oopsie Daisy May 15 #13

Yeah do it. Takket May 15 #12

Oh also put a fraud alert in your credit report Takket May 15 #14

Yes... that's one of the options I chose! Thanks. Oopsie Daisy May 15 #15

My experience... llmart May 15 #20

It's ok to sign up for the service to watch your credit report. Jacson6 May 15 #16

Yes... we used a PIN for a tax returns. At first we thought it was annoying to do * Oopsie Daisy May 15 #17