Latest AT&T Headlines
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US Soldier Linked to AT&T Hack Accused of Contacting Spy Agency
Feb 27 2025 // A 21-year-old US soldier accused of trying to sell AT&T call records of Donald Trump’s family members also attempted to pawn off sensitive data to a foreign intelligence organization, according to court...
FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year
Jan 17 2025 // FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities...
AT&T, Verizon Say Networks Now Clear After Salt Typhoon Hack
Dec 30 2024 // AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. acknowledged that they’d been hit by the China-linked Salt Typhoon hacking operation but that their networks were now clear from the intrusion. The hackers attempted to...
AT&T Stadium Roof Debris Falls to Field Before Dallas Cowboys Game
Nov 20 2024 // ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A piece of the roof at the home of the Dallas Cowboys fell to the field while the retractable portion of it was being opened at least three hours before a 34-10 loss to Houston on Monday night,...
AT&T Agrees to Pay $13 Million FCC Fine For Cloud Data Leak
Sep 18 2024 // AT&T Inc. agreed to pay $13 million to settle an investigation by the US Federal Communications Commission into whether the telecommunications company failed to protect customer data that was stolen when a cloud vendor...
AT&T Paying to Resolve Investigation Into 911 Outage
Aug 27 2024 // AT&T has agreed to pay $950,000 after a Federal Communications Commission investigation found the company failed to deliver 911 calls to emergency call centers and did not notify officials during an August 2023 outage,...
Hacker Says AT&T Paid About $400,000 to Erase Sensitive Data
Jul 15 2024 // A hacker who claims to have stolen sensitive call and text logs from AT&T Inc. said they were paid about $400,000 to erase the data trove. An analysis of a Bitcoin wallet address provided by the hacker shows a...
AT&T Says Data From Around 109M Customer Accounts Illegally Downloaded
Jul 12 2024 // AT&T said Friday the company suffered a massive hacking incident as data from about 109 million customer accounts containing records of calls and texts from 2022 was illegally downloaded in April. The U.S. telecom...
AT&T Notifies Users of Data Breach, Resets Millions of Passcodes
Apr 1 2024 // AT&T said it has begun notifying millions of customers about the theft of personal data recently discovered online. The telecommunications giant said Saturday that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains...
AT&T Restores Service After Hours of Outage
Feb 23 2024 // AT&T said late on Thursday an outage that disrupted calls and text messages for thousands of U.S. users and prompted federal investigations was not caused by a cyberattack. The carrier had restored wireless service for...
AT&T Does Not Intend to Immediately Remove Lead Cables From Lake Tahoe
Jul 20 2023 // AT&T said on Tuesday it does not intend to immediately remove lead cables from Lake Tahoe pending further analysis, according to its court filing. Shares of AT&T this week hit their lowest level in 30 years, after...
AT&T, Verizon Again Agree to Delay Turning On Some 5G Towers Near Key Airports
Jan 19 2022 // AT&T and Verizon Communications on Tuesday agreed to temporarily defer turning on some wireless towers near key airports to avert a significant disruption to U.S. flights as they roll out 5G service that will bring...
Verizon, AT&T Agree to 2-Week Delay in 5G Deployment
Jan 4 2022 // Verizon Communications and AT&T Inc. said late on Monday they had agreed to a two-week delay in deploying C-Band wireless spectrum, averting an aviation safety standoff that threatened to disrupt flights starting this...
AT&T, Verizon Reject U.S., Aviation Industry Request for 5G Delay Over Safety
Jan 3 2022 // The chief executives of AT&T and Verizon Communications rejected a request to delay the planned Jan. 5 introduction of new 5G wireless service over aviation safety concerns but offered to temporarily adopt new...
Toxic Cables to be Removed from Lake Tahoe Under Settlement with AT&T’s Pac Bell
Nov 29 2021 // AT&T’s Pac Bell subsidiary has settled a lawsuit conservationists filed under a U.S. law more typically cited in Superfund cases, agreeing to spend up to $1.5 million to remove 8 miles of toxic telephone cables...
How One Company, AT&T, Is Using Models to Prepare for Natural Disaster Costs
Mar 28 2019 // By 2050, residents of southern Florida could become familiar with storms borne on 90-mph winds. Water levels during floods will rise by an average of 5 percent across the Southeast. And it will not be out of the ordinary...
Investor Sues AT&T Over Cryptocurrency Theft
Aug 16 2018 // U.S. entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit on Wednesday against telecommunications company AT&T, accusing it of fraud and gross negligence in connection with the theft of...
Citigroup, AT&T Agree: No Thanks to Further Litigation
Aug 23 2016 // Citigroup Inc. and AT&T Inc. have ended their litigation over the latter’s use of the phrase “AT&T thanks” on a customer loyalty program, which the bank said was too similar to its trademarked...
Thanks to Judge, AT&T Can Say ‘Thanks’ for Now
Aug 15 2016 // The right to say “thanks” to customers may not be exclusive to Citigroup Inc. A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday refused the bank’s request for an order barring AT&T Inc. from using a commonly...
Dallas-Based AT&T to Pay Nearly $7.8M to Settle ‘Cramming’ Cases
Aug 10 2016 // AT&T has agreed to pay nearly $7.8 million to settle government allegations of unauthorized third-party charges for directory assistance services not provided. The Federal Communications Commission on Monday announced...
