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AT&T will pay $13 million to resolve 2023 data breach

The carrier failed to adequately oversee a vendor’s handling of customer data

AT&T has agreed to a $13 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to resolve issues stemming from a data breach that exposed AT&T customers’ personal information.

The breach occurred in January 2023 when an AT&T vendor suffered a breach of its cloud environment. The FCC said the exposed data was old and should have been deleted or returned to AT&T long ago.

AT&T used the vendor to generate and host personalized video content, including billing a...

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