If you were an AT&T customer at some point in the last couple years, it's pretty likely you'll qualify for a settlement payment.

A federal judge has granted preliminary approval for AT&T to settle multiple data breach lawsuits for $177 million. The ...

In yet another major cybersecurity crisis, hackers have leaked over 86 million AT&T customer records, including decrypted Social Security Numbers (SSNs). The incident raises new concerns about the ...

Originally released on the dark web in 2024, the repackaged data includes names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, and social security numbers.

A California consulting firm that handles data of some clergy abuse cases says it paid hackers a ransom to delete data involving abuse survivors after a security breach earlier this year. The ...

The company said at the time that it had paid the hacker a ransom to allegedly delete the stolen data, but it has repeatedly refused to disclose the sum it paid. Now, Toronto’s district school ...

PowerSchool reportedly paid an undisclosed sum to the hackers in exchange for a video of them purporting to delete the files they had stolen, which included some students’ Social Security ...

AT&T reportedly paid a hacker $370,000 to delete stolen phone records. More than 160 other Snowflake customers were relieved of data, including TicketMaster, Lending Tree, Advance Auto Parts and ...

The hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claimed in an extortion demand that they stole the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers.

The outgoing boss of the FCC, Jessica Rosenworcel, has called on her colleagues to "quickly" adopt rules allowing the US regulator to stage a radio spectrum auction, the proceeds of which would fund ...

AT&T, Ticketmaster data breach hackers charged with stealing 50 billion records Victims, including AT&T, paid out ransoms to prevent the stolen data from being misused.

Adding further gravity to the situation, the hacker's post included an unverified claim that AT&T had previously paid to remove surveillance data linked to the National Security Agency (NSA).