AT&T confirms 73 million people affected by data breach

**AT&T confirms a data leak impacting ~73 million customers:** AT&T acknowledged that a dataset containing AT&T-specific fields and highly sensitive PII (names, addresses, phone numbers, DOBs, SSNs and passcodes) was posted on the dark web and appears to date from 2019 or earlier; AT&T is investigating the source (company or vendor), has reset passcodes for impacted current customers, and is notifying affected individuals.