AT&T: Hackers accessed credit card data

    August 29, 2006

    Reuters

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14575839/

   AT&T Inc. said Tuesday that computer hackers illegally accessed credit card
   data and other personal information from several thousand customers who
   bought DSL equipment from AT&T.s online store.

   The phone company said it is notifying "fewer than 19,000" customers whose
   data was accessed over the past weekend.

   The company said it noticed the hacking "within hours," immediately shut
   down the online store, notified credit card companies and is working with
   law enforcement agencies to investigate the incident and find the hackers.
   AT&T Inc. said Tuesday that computer hackers illegally accessed credit card
   data and other personal information from several thousand customers who
   bought DSL equipment from AT&T.s online store.

   The phone company said it is notifying "fewer than 19,000" customers whose
   data was accessed over the past weekend.

   The company said it noticed the hacking "within hours," immediately shut
   down the online store, notified credit card companies and is working with
   law enforcement agencies to investigate the incident and find the hackers.
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