WTF does AT&T and the CNBC reporter call THAT?

a cell phone contract? I don't remember having to give it to them. You are right.

Early email accounts warned about choosing good passwords that no one could guess. I figured this meant something was worth stealing. For years I used bogus signup information. When they began verifying, they asked you to provide personal info. I hadn't written any of it down! I lost 2 or 3 accounts that way.

I figured if disinformation was good enough for Reagan and Poindexter, it was good enough for me.

High school in the town where I grew up has me as Porky Pigh with alumni even though I went to a different school.
Birthday made up too but now they match it up. You want my driver's license? Fuck no. Woman at Citizens' Bank
sold my personal info about 15 years ago and my identity was stolen. I like to ask "who has access to my information?" when they ask and they can't tell me because they have no idea. Sometimes they give in, other times I just say thank you and leave. Guard your info, they don't give a fuck.

the company wrote in a press release on Saturday.

Whew! Thank the gods AT&T is O...K!

No need to worry about any "commoners" who may be going thru hell losing money, info, medical records or having to spend large amounts of time (and possib;y their own money) to redo passwords, programs, notify SS, Medicare etc.

But, thank the stars, AT&T operations haven't had an impact on them!

Tell me again, why we keep allowing big business to screw us.

I had Direct TV. I have not been a customer for over 3 years, but my data was stolen. So far, I heard nothing from AT&T, but got a warning email via Google One that my info was on the dark web and the source was the AT&T customer leak.

I didn't recall giving them my SSN, but apparently they had it. They probably asked for it as a credit check. Lesson learned - don't do business with any company that requires you to give them that info.

There needs to be more than a slap on the wrist for companies that do not protect their customer's data. Not just a little fine, or some minor compensation to the victims. The penalties need to be HUGE, devastating, and possibly criminal. And it should be a crime for them to retain info like your SSN.

They've all been yelling at us to do "this" and "that" in order to keep ourselves safe on the web. Meanwhile, these corporations don't even get their hands slapped anymore for not keeping up with the security on their servers. If we, the people who had our data stolen, could suddenly start getting reparations for the damage they have done to us... each time one of these companies has their data stolen... maybe then they'd start being a bit more proactive and harden their security!

A $25 check and a year or two of free credit monitoring is not even close to real compensation.

I think a MINIMUM fine of around $5,000 per stolen identity might get their attention.

Equifax was eventually fined $575 million for a major data breach in 2017 - but that came to less than $4 per consumer affected.

nothing would get needed reforms through faster than insurance companies on the hook for stupid mistakes.

your avatar is cracking me up. And congrats on the 15K posts!

Text message
Your card has been added to Apple Pay

Various emails

Etc

My information has been leaked at least 2x and I have AT&T so this might be #3

I have 2 credit monitoring companies. I thought I was going to stroke out the first two times. We have ATT for internet, so I don't know if this effects me. Oh, and landline.

3 hacks.

And put my own information out on the dark web.

Name: Colonel Franklin Cornpone Mustard
Date of Birth: June 31, 1921 (Damn I'm old)
Social Security Number: 8 (I told you I was old)
Mother's maiden name: Mustard (They married in the family back then. It made things easier. Your aunt could also be your mother in law)
Favorite color: Yellow, naturally

Anything else I need to add??

This -



to put some mustard on!

(you can tell I'm tired and getting silly now)

Well played!!!

Well, at least now I know who's been putting my information out there!

Best protection in a predatory, capitalistic society is to have no value whatsoever. My name could not get you a preferred customer card at a grocery store. My organs would not be worth the cost of the bullets it would take to kill me. Not that this was my plan from the beginning, but since it worked out this way, it has been a solid defense.

My cellphone is on T-Mobile because my son included me on his "family plan." I didn't realize that!
These data breaches just have to stop!

And was chastised as a conspiracy theorist bc it was just an employee error and not a hack.

So I was right

AT&T is my TV, internet, and landline. Not sure what to about it since I'm currently in a rehab facility recovering from an illness.

toward cell phone bill(s) if I just hit the CLAIM button below; I didn't do that - just saved it in an email folder. I remember reading AT&T would make it up in the future somehow, but didn't expect it in this form. My email app is on my cell phone for which I use WIFi so, of course, email address on home 'puter as well...I'm nervous!