AT&T leaked your wireless data. Here’s what to watch out for [Video]

Data leaks and breaches have become relentless—and huge. This week sees yet another one hit the news, with AT&T revealing that call and text message data logs for almost all wireless customers were stolen.

Disclosed via a securities filing on Friday, the data spans a six-month period between May 1 and October 31, 2022. Logs that showed phone numbers texted or called by AT&T wireless subscribers were downloaded, as well as call length and frequency of interaction with contacts. Currently, AT&T says that neither communication content nor exact times of contact are not part of the breach. Stolen call data is also limited to U.S. and Canadian numbers.

The hack affects nearly all of AT&T’s subscriber base during that time, around 110 million users based on active devices on the network, and including users with affiliated virtual operators (MNVOs)like Cricket and h2o Wireless. Records from January 2, 2023 were also accessed for …