AT&T Paid $400K To Delete Your Private Data – Shocking Details Revealed

AT&T paid $400,000 to a hacker to erase vast troves of call and text logs stolen from its customers. This ransom, discovered through blockchain analysis, sparked concerns over national security and privacy breaches, especially given the magnitude of the data involved. The hacker even provided a video claiming to show the data deletion as proof of their compliance with AT&T's demands. Despite AT&T's refusal to confirm the payment, experts speculate on the implications of such a low ransom compared to recent cyber extortion cases, raising questions about how secure our private information truly is in the digital age.

According to a hacker, AT&T Inc. provided them with sensitive call and text logs, and they were paid approximately US$400,000 to delete the vast amount of data.

An examination of a Bitcoin wallet address that the hacker supplied reveals a transaction from mid-May that, according to analysts, corresponds with an extortion payment. The payment from A...