AT&T says hackers accessed records of calls and texts for nearly all its cellular customers (www.cbsnews.com)
from Wilshire@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 2024 14:10
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Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca on 12 Jul 2024 14:32 next collapse

Hackers didn’t do anything, at&t failed in one of their few roles, security. It’s your fault for being so pathetically shit. These companies seriously need major punishments or being jailed for life. I’m beyond sick of them all and they no fucks given bribe everything mentality.

MagicShel@programming.dev on 12 Jul 2024 14:45 next collapse

Hackers in this case likely means someone who can read a url and increment a number and is curious. Which ought to be everyone over the age of about 7.

Congratulations! Everyone is now a hacker!

Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca on 12 Jul 2024 15:23 next collapse

I trust the hackers more then companies these days. The companies steal everything with immunity

skulblaka@sh.itjust.works on 12 Jul 2024 18:27 collapse

By the people, for the people ✊

0xD@infosec.pub on 13 Jul 2024 06:06 collapse

Yeah, most effective illegal hackers are working for intelligence agencies or criminal organizations. The legal ones work for companies.

The ones “for the people” are very few.

Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz on 12 Jul 2024 23:02 next collapse

“Hello, this is the password inspector”

jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works on 13 Jul 2024 01:06 collapse

Governor Mike Parson, Is that you?

cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de on 12 Jul 2024 18:23 collapse

Companies should be forced to pay thousands of dollars to each customer that gets their data stolen on top of paying for any damages caused by the use of the stolen data. That would put them out of business with a breach this large.

Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me on 12 Jul 2024 19:56 next collapse

They all get cybersecurity insurance to limit/eliminate that risk and pass it down to someone else. Yeah, we’re at a point where companies have accepted it’ll happen and pay for fucking cybersecurity insurance to protect their capital instead of spending that money on actual security.

Increasing the liability just means the premiums will be passed down to the users, and insurance companies will be rolling in cash. Not like the users would get the settlements anyway.

And of course there’s the whole problem of disposable LLCs, so even a corporate death penalty would do shit, because our society doesn’t give a shit about people, only capital.

nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org on 12 Jul 2024 22:18 collapse

Needs to be a percentage of revenue earned to eliminate the possibility of passing the buck. So… It’s not happening any time soon.

  • Someone who has to pay higher rates because PG&E exec pocketed revenue instead of investing in company infrastructure, killing numerous people across multiple incidents.
prole@sh.itjust.works on 12 Jul 2024 20:14 collapse

You’ll take your check for $3.27 from the class action lawsuit that settled 4 years ago, and you’ll be happy

sunzu@kbin.run on 12 Jul 2024 15:03 next collapse

Good thing I ain't got nothing to hide...

I also put a ring door camera on the inside of my bathroom to keep me safe!

anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Jul 2024 18:08 collapse

Hood thing

<img alt="1000005255" src="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/d900983c-8a82-404f-99eb-4374cbdf9520.webp">!

TachyonTele@lemm.ee on 12 Jul 2024 18:41 collapse

Ring camera in the bathroom: just a hood thang

sunzu@kbin.run on 12 Jul 2024 23:07 collapse

bitch, i might be

CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 2024 18:14 next collapse

Company has been laying off people in droves. This stuff will become more common with AT&T.

Change service providers. Sell any stock you might have.

brlemworld@lemmy.world on 12 Jul 2024 22:40 next collapse

The hackers are AT&T and illegal acts of the US government

PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world on 13 Jul 2024 03:02 collapse

Which means AT&T customers can expect spam calls/texts to get much worse in the coming weeks. This breach is basically a gigantic list of known good phone numbers, and there are free tools available to link names/emails to phone numbers.