NEW YORK — The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T‘s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend. In a Saturday announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information including some Social Security numbers and passcodes […]
DALLAS — AT&T says it will give affected customers $5 each to compensate for last week’s cellphone network outage that left many without service for hours. The Dallas-based company said on its website that customers will get the $5 credit on their account within two billing cycles. The credit does not apply to AT&T Business, […]
After a service disruption Thursday effected tens of thousands of AT&T, sparking fears of a cyber attack, the company announced that evening that an internal error was the source of the problems. The company didn’t say how many of its customers had been affected by the issue, but USAToday cited data from website Downdetector as […]
AT&T said the hourslong outage to its U.S. cellphone network Thursday appeared to be the result of a technical error, not a malicious attack. The outage knocked out cellphone service for thousands of its users across the U.S. starting early Thursday before it was restored. AT&T blamed the incident on an error in coding, without […]
Cell reception for many went out for a bit on Thursday. Sure, it may be fixed now, but the fact that it happened has fueled speculation as to why. Initially, two solar flares (when the sun releases a big pulse of energy) were thought to be the cause, but Dr. Ryan French of the […]
A substantial cellphone outage swept across the United States early Thursday, causing significant disruptions, including hindering some police departments’ ability to receive emergency 911 calls. The majority of these issues were reported by AT&T customers. DownDetector—a service that monitors outages by compiling status reports from various sources, including direct user feedback—logging nearly 32,000 problems around […]
A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. AT&T had more than 60,000 outages this morning, in locations including Houston, Atlanta and Chicago. Cricket Wireless had more than 11,000, the outage tracking website said Thursday. Verizon had more than […]
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