By Martyn WilliamsJune 12, 2014 05:06 PM ET Summary/IDG News Service - Personal information, including Social Security numbers and call records, was accessed for an unknown number of AT&T Mobility customers by people outside of the company, AT&T has confirmed.
The breach took place between April 9-21, but was only disclosed this week in a filing with California regulators. While AT&T wouldn't say how many customers were affected, state law requires such disclosures if an incident affects at least 500 customers in California.
ComputerWorld/ Full Read Here/ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249071/AT_amp_T_breach_allowed_customer_data_to_be_used_to_unlock_smartphones
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While admittedly using this kind of data with success requires co-ordination with the thieves of the street kind (those who physically obtain the devices), this makes for a much stronger argument that a "kill switch" ability really must be adopted by manufacturers and service providers both.
The industry has long fought against such, as obviously for each stolen smartphone there is a new smartphone sale to be made. The crime of smartphone theft has become a huge problem often leading to severe personal injury or death to owners trying to prevent it, and
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Really good article, thanks for sharing!
While admittedly using this kind of data with success requires co-ordination with the thieves of the street kind (those who physically obtain the devices), this makes for a much stronger argument that a "kill switch" ability really must be adopted by manufacturers and service providers both.
The industry has long fought against such, as obviously for each stolen smartphone there is a new smartphone sale to be made. The crime of smartphone theft has become a huge problem often leading to severe personal injury or death to owners trying to prevent it, and
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Really good article, thanks for sharing!
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