This week ·
AT&T and Verizon
How they got in, as reported. Stolen or reused passwords.
← All items this week- Date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Place
- United States
- Who
- AT&T and Verizon
- The way in
- Stolen or reused passwords
- Source
- BleepingComputer
01 · What was reported
What was reported.
A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to 70 months in prison for hacking and extorting at least 10 technology and telecommunications companies, including AT&T and Verizon. The attacker and his conspirators brute-forced credentials to...
The way in, as the source states it: stolen or reused passwords.
02 · What we check for it
What we check for it.
Your firm's addresses in monitored breach databases.
03 · Source
Source.
Source: BleepingComputer ↗This page repeats what the source reported, with its date. It says nothing about any firm that is not named in it.