ADT Breach Confirmed: Names, Phone Numbers, and Addresses Exposed
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ADT Breach Confirmed: Names, Phone Numbers, and Addresses Exposed
"On April 20, the organization discovered someone had accessed the data of customers and prospective customers. The company terminated the access and initiated an investigation, determining personal information had been stolen."
"The investigation found the compromised data was mostly limited to birth dates, tax IDs, and last four digits of Social Security numbers. However, in some instances, the following information was impacted as well."
"ShinyHunters has claimed the attack, asserting they have stolen 10 million customer records. The group states they breached ADT via a voice phishing (vishing) campaign, taking advantage of an Okta single sign-on (SSO) account belonging to an employee."
ADT confirmed a data breach after unauthorized access to customer data was detected on April 20. The investigation revealed that personal information, including birth dates, tax IDs, and partial Social Security numbers, was stolen. However, payment information was not accessed, and customer security systems remained intact. Affected individuals have been notified. The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, stating they exploited a voice phishing campaign to breach an employee's Okta account and accessed data from Salesforce. ADT has not confirmed the total amount of data stolen.
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