> The compromised data included records of calls and texts of wireless subscribers and landline customers over a five month period in 2022. <
Why would AT&T even store those 2022 records in the first place? Why would they want to save my email to my brother, asking him to return the power saw he borrowed?
“Why would AT&T even store those 2022 records in the first place? Why would they want to save my email to my brother, asking him to return the power saw he borrowed?”
The article says records (metadata) of calls and texts not emails. Carriers retain information for some period (varies by carrier) in order to respond to inquiries from customers or subpoenas.
Does this mean ATT is keeping transcriptions of all texts and phone conversations?
Well, did he? return it?
The article says that this particular breach, was a record of what number called what other number, with a subset of them identifying the attached cell tower.