The FBI acknowledged that hackers gained access to AT&T's systems last year, potentially stealing call and text logs from FBI agents using the service. This breach raises serious cybersecurity concerns and could endanger agents, informants, and national security.
The FBI admitted that hackers appear to have broken into AT&T's systems last year to steal months of call and text logs — data pilfering that could endanger the agency's own operatives., the FBI scrambled to contain the disaster. The infiltrators got access to data from all devices used by FBI agents under the bureau's AT&T service for public safety agencies, according to the outlet's reporting, though exactly how they did so remains unclear.
"After criminals stole customer data last year, we worked closely with law enforcement to mitigate impact to government operations," AT&T spokesperson Alex Byers told"The FBI continually adapts our operational and security practices as physical and digital threats evolve," the FBI added in a statement.
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