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I had to quit my AT&T email after the ShinyHunters hack back in April of 2024.

It became completely unusable as spam would come in almost every 10 minutes.

Guess it's time to get LifeLock.

1 posted on 06/04/2025 1:58:11 PM PDT by packagingguy
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If you ever did business with AT&T, you’re in there.


2 posted on 06/04/2025 2:05:28 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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I almost wish someone in the CIA was both patriotic and shrewd enough to leak the SSN’s of illegals so they can experience ID theft.


3 posted on 06/04/2025 2:06:28 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Why does AT&T have customer SS numbers?


4 posted on 06/04/2025 2:07:28 PM PDT by posterchild
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I’m beginning to believe that the promise of the internet has been almost entirely negated by the realization that about 1/3 of your life has to be devoted to fighting off fraud of some kind. I happen to believe that about 95% of what you read on the internet is fraudulent. I don’t consider it a particularly sanguine state of affairs. I believe it generates terminal pessimism.


7 posted on 06/04/2025 2:23:27 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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Oh. So THAT'S why att.com keeps erasing the password of my account maintenance pages from their site.
8 posted on 06/04/2025 2:38:33 PM PDT by asinclair (Indict DNC for RICO?)
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Guess it's time to get LifeLock.

I am not sure what Life lifeLock offers. What I do is freeze my credit reports directly with the agencies. These days it relatively easy to lock and unlock your account for credit checks. If I get life hacked, my regular insurance supposedly covers cleaning up that mess....

11 posted on 06/04/2025 2:47:51 PM PDT by EVO X ( )
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The US has some weak privacy laws. AT&T should not be holding on to your personal information and SSN forever.


13 posted on 06/04/2025 2:59:12 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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AT&T also issues credit cards. I wonder if those are affected.


19 posted on 06/04/2025 5:29:14 PM PDT by Revel
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What is the point of encrypting when a hacker can decrypt SSNs? I wonder what encryption method they used?


20 posted on 06/07/2025 2:08:07 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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