http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/14/att_twas_conniving_contractors_that_nicked_your_info/
By Shaun Nichols
The Register
14 Jun 2014
AT&T is warning customers that their personal information might have been
breached as part of a scheme to unlock and resell devices.
The company said in a filing to the California Attorney General's office
that employees at an unnamed service provider it works with had accessed
the personal data of customers including social security numbers and date
of birth.
According to a letter the company has sent to customers, the breach
occurred earlier this year between April 9 and 21 as three workers pulled
the customer data in order to request unlock codes from AT&T which could
then be used to remove the device from AT&T's network and allow the device
to be resold.
The information was apparently part of a scheme by the group to unlock and
resell devices on the AT&T network. The company typically allows users to
unlock their devices from its network by entering a code which can be
obtained from the company by supplying account information including
portions of the customer's social security number.
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