AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records - eviltoast
A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks may remain.

A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks may remain.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    4 months ago

    There is no way to prove that every copy of the stolen data was actually destroyed. I bet the data will show up for sale at some point.