A man walks past an AT&T store in San Brunovideopokercasinoguide, Californiavideopokercasinoguide, the United States, on July 12, 2024. A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday.
The breach covers calls and texts made from May 1 to Oct. 31, 2022, as well as this past January, said AT&T, a multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Dallas, U.S. state of Texas.
The stolen data include the customers' numbers and call durations, but not the content of those communications, it added.
The company said the records do not appear publicly available, and that it "has taken additional cybersecurity measures ... including closing off the point of unlawful access."
The total number of connected devices on the AT&T network grew to 127 million at the end of 2023, including about 87 million postpaid wireless customers, according to the company's 2023 annual report.■
Photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows the logos of AT&T in San Bruno, California, the United States. A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
People walk out of an AT&T store in San Bruno, California, the United States, on July 12, 2024. A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
A man walks past an AT&T store in San Bruno, California, the United States, on July 12, 2024. A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
Photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows the logo of AT&T in San Bruno, California, the United States. A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
Photo taken on July 12, 2024 shows an AT&T store in San Bruno, California, the United States. A hacker accessed and downloaded call and text message data from nearly all AT&T Wireless customers, the company disclosed in a securities filing Friday. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)
