AT&T revealed late Tuesday that a weekend assault on its systems by hackers had led to the loss of personal data including credit card information of several thousand customers who had purchased DSL equipment through the company's online store.
Hackers broke into AT&T’s systems, but the company discovered the breach only hours later. AT&T then shut down its online store and notified the major credit card companies whose customer accounts were involved, the company said.
Some 19,000 customers were affected. AT&T has now notifying them by email, phone, letter, it said. It will also pay for credit-monitoring services to assist in protecting the customers involved.
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