AT&T Customer Data Exposed After Weekend Attack

AT&T's motto is "Your world, delivered." For the last year, they've been delivering their customers' conversations and communication data to the NSA, and over the weekend the company inadvertently delivered about 19,000 customer's credit card and other personal data to a group of computer hackers.The information that was illegally accessed includes credit card numbers, AT&T said in a statement. The cyberattack affects about 19,000 customers who purchased equipment for high-speed DSL Internet connections through AT&T's Web site, the company said.According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, dating back to 2005 over 90 million customers have had their information exposed (not just by AT&T, but by ChoicePoint, AOL, and others), but in this instance, AT&T want you to know that, like, they're totally on it, man.AT&T is offering to pay for credit monitoring services for customers whose accounts have been impacted because they could be at risk of identity fraud. The company also has made available a toll-free number to affected customers to call for more information.The Public Relations office at AT&T curiously leaves out the most obvious way they can help their customers: just pick up any phone and say, "Hey, NSA, can you help me find the guy who stole my personal data over the weekend? Thanks!"

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