86 million AT&T customer records reportedly up for sale on the dark web

JuSun/Getty Images Hackers on the dark web are hawking a database of 86 million customer records that they claim were stolen in an AT&T breach last year. The data in question was posted on a Russian cybercrime forum on May 15 and then uploaded again on June 3, apparently garnering attention from other cybercriminals and potential buyers. Based on an analysis by cybersecurity news platform Hackread, the data contains dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, and even social security numbers. The hackers say that the dates of birth and social security numbers were originally encrypted but have since been decrypted and are now visible in plain text. Also: Massive data breach exposes 184 million passwords for Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and more Individually, any one of those pieces of data can be exploited by the wrong people. Collectively, they could easily put affected customers at risk for account takeovers and identity theft. The records are being linked ... Read full article.