AT&T suffers insider data breach, including Social Security and driver’s license numbers

AT&T on Monday issued a warning to consumers about an insider that illegally accessed the personal information of an unspecified amount of users. In a letter to the Vermont attorney general, the U.S. carrier apologized for the incident and assured that the employee no longer works for AT&T. The carrier is offering one free year of credit monitoring service to affected customers.
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