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Payne Capital Management president Ryan Payne joins ‘Varney & co.’ to assess Nvidia’s market performance and how Big Tech\u00a0 companies are faring among investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

AT&T confirmed on Saturday that a total of 73 million current and former customer accounts were leaked to the dark web around two weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company said it is assessing the breach and whether the data, which includes Social Security numbers, came from AT&T itself or one of its vendors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The data appears to be from 2019 or earlier, cybersecurity experts hired by AT&T to do a “robust investigation” found, affecting\u00a07.6 million current account holders, and approximately 65.4 million former account holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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“Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its systems,” the company said in a release. “The company is communicating proactively with those impacted and will be offering credit monitoring at our expense where applicable.”<\/p>\n

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AT&T confirmed on Saturday that a total of 73 million current and former customer accounts were leaked to the dark web around two weeks ago.\u00a0<\/span> (Robert Alexander\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

AT&T said it encouraged current and former customers to visit its account safety page for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company said it has already reached out to the 7.6 million current customers and reset their passcodes and are in the process of reaching out to former customers.<\/p>\n

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“We encourage customers to remain vigilant by monitoring account activity and credit reports,” AT&T said. “You can set up free fraud alerts from nationwide credit bureaus \u2014\u00a0Equifax,\u00a0Experian, and\u00a0TransUnion.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The company said it is conducting a “robust investigation” to find the source of the breach.\u00a0<\/span> (Jeremy Moeller\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A year ago, the company revealed around 9 million customers had been hacked by one of its vendors, exposing\u00a0Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI), which includes information like first names, wireless account numbers, wireless phone numbers and email addresses.<\/p>\n

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The information leaked in the breach was from 2019 or earlier, the company said.\u00a0<\/span> (Jaap Arriens\/NurPhoto via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An AT&T spokesperson said at the time, “A small percentage of impacted customers also had exposure of rate plan name, past due amount, monthly payment amount, various monthly charges and\/or minutes used. The information was several years old.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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