AT&T Paid Hackers to Delete Customer Data

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ATT Paid Hackers to Delete Customer Data


Large telecommunications company based in the USA AT&Tpay a hacker to delete stolen customer data made.

AT&T has been in the news with a lot of bad news lately. The company recently made a statement saying that it has been using its cellular network following a cyber attack. announced that it had stolen the call logs and messages of almost all of its customers. Then the company hired a hacker to delete the stolen customer data. (He gave 370 thousand dollars$1 million was requested in the first stage) appeared. This payment is made in cryptocurrency “bitcoin” The company that does this through, He asked the hacker to send a video of the data being deleted as proof of the deal. Companies generally do not make such payments to hackers because it is not possible to be 100 percent sure that the data has been deleted. A leak centered on Turkey and Uber was on the agenda recently. The data breach notification sent by the Personal Data Protection Authority for Uber is as follows: had happened: “As is known, Article 12, paragraph (5) of the Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data titled “Obligations regarding data security” stipulates that “In the event that the processed personal data is obtained by others through illegal means, the data controller shall notify the relevant person and the Board of this situation as soon as possible. If necessary, the Board may announce this situation on its own website or by another method it deems appropriate.” In the data breach notification submitted to the Board by Uber Technologies Inc., which has the title of data controller, it is summarized as follows;

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  • -The data controller will process personal data that may originate from Uber on July 2, 2024. received an email from a person indicating their intention to make it public,
  • -When the data breach occurred andThe source of the breach has not yet been determined.research continues,
  • -Uber for violation users (passengers and/or food orderers) and/or drivers and/or delivery people are affected,
  • -Regarding the data affected by the breach;
  • It is anticipated that the screenshots will include name, e-mail address, phone number, profile photo, registration date and score information,
  • The screenshots include data from documents such as driver’s license, insurance, identity card, vehicle registration and checks within the scope of duty of care, but the exact personal data affected is not known at the moment,
    –It has been stated that the number of people affected by the breach has not yet been determined..     Although the investigation regarding the issue is ongoing, it has been decided by the Personal Data Protection Board, with its decision dated 10.07.2024 and numbered 2024/1161, that the data breach notification in question will be announced on the Institution’s website. Respectfully announced to the public.

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