{"id":923,"date":"2014-10-15T14:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T19:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/convergedsystems.com\/blog\/?p=923"},"modified":"2018-10-09T11:55:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:55:56","slug":"att-confirms-security-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/att-confirms-security-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"AT&#038;T Confirms Security Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cloud-Security-Tablet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1085\" src=\"http:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cloud-Security-Tablet.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud Security - Tablet\" width=\"426\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cloud-Security-Tablet.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cloud-Security-Tablet-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Cloud-Security-Tablet-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T confirmed last week that a security breach affected 1,600 customers, putting their personal and financial information at risk. The company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/10\/07\/att-data-breach_n_5943138.html?&amp;ir=Technology&amp;ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000046\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow\">stated<\/a> that an employee had gone against the \u201cstrict privacy rules\u201d and accessed sensitive customer information. Information obtained included Social Security numbers, financial information and contact information.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of recent security issues with companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/patch.com\/illinois\/evanston\/how-keep-your-financial-information-safe-0#.VDQITfldW1l\" class=\"external external_icon\" rel=\"nofollow\">Home Depot and Jewel Osco<\/a>, it seems that this is a common occurrence now. So what does this mean for you as a customer?<\/p>\n<p>There are measures you can take to help protect your financial and personal information. For starters, you should set up transaction notifications so whenever a transaction is made, your bank will send you a text or email. Additionally, don\u2019t provide any sensitive information (like credit cards or Social Security numbers) to websites you\u2019re not familiar with. Smartphones are great because they\u2019re convenient to use, but be careful what information is sent through your phone. In this case with AT&amp;T, the company had an employee disobey the privacy rules which was clearly unexpected. Although companies should have plans for situations like this, often times they don\u2019t and you don\u2019t want your information to be at risk because of it.<\/p>\n<p>AT&amp;T has since contacted all of the affect customers, and said the employee has been fired. 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The company stated that an employee had gone against the \u201cstrict privacy rules\u201d and accessed sensitive customer information. Information obtained included Social Security numbers, financial information and contact information. In the wake of recent security issues&#8230; <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.convergedsystems.com\/blog\/att-confirms-security-breach\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223,3,196,209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-converged-communication-systems","category-converged-tips","category-knowledge-based","category-technology-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AT&amp;T Confirms Security Breach - Converged Systems Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"AT&amp;T has confirmed that it has experienced a security breach. 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