AT&T won’t say how its customers’ data spilled online

Three years after a hacker first teased an alleged massive theft of AT&T customer data, a breach seller this week dumped the full dataset online. It contains the personal information of some 73 million AT&T customers. A new analysis of the fully leaked dataset — containing names, home addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and … Read more

AT&T will give a $5 credit to customers for its major outage downtime

Were you affected by the AT&T outage that left customers unable to use their cellular service this past Thursday? AT&T would like to make it right by issuing a $5 credit to your account. That’s right. Five bucks. According to AT&T, that amount is the equivalent of one day of service on an average AT&T … Read more

Why were millions of AT&T customers left disconnected? We have an answer

Ayman Zaid/Getty Images Millions of AT&T customers across the US were unable to make or receive calls, send texts, or access the internet for much of Thursday because of a major outage that started Thursday morning, and we finally know why. Thursday evening, AT&T said, “Based on our initial review, we believe that today’s outage was … Read more

Conspiracy Theories Run Wild Amid Mass U.S. Cell Outage

Wireless customers with AT&T, Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile, and Verizon all reported outages across the country this morning. And just like clockwork, some folks online pounced on the disruption as evidence of a global conspiracy. Dave Bautista Opens Up About His Relationship With Denis Villeneuve Alex Jones, arguably America’s most popular conspiracy theorist, believes the telecom … Read more

AT&T Says Outage Wasn’t Cyberattack Despite Widespread Conspiracy Theories Online

Cellular towers are shown on February 22, 2024 in Redondo Beach, California.Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images (Getty Images) AT&T issued a statement Thursday night to explain that the telecom’s widespread network outage earlier in the day wasn’t caused by a cyberattack. Countless conspiracy theories emerged online Thursday morning as people naturally wondered why they’d lost service—theories … Read more

AT&T Says Network Has Been Restored After Widespread Outage

AT&T says it has fully recovered following a major outage on Thursday that disrupted connectivity for customers across the country.  “We have restored wireless service to all our affected customers,” the company said in a statement Thursday afternoon. “We sincerely apologize to them. Keeping our customers connected remains our top priority, and we are taking … Read more

AT&T cellular outage in United States disrupts vital services

A worker climbs on a cellular communication tower in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A cellular outage early on Thursday hit thousands of AT&T users in the United States, disrupting calls and text messages as well as emergency services in major cities including San Francisco. About 58,000 incidents were reported around noon ET, … Read more

AT&T Is Having Widespread Network Issues as Customers Report Outages

AT&T’s wireless network appears to be dealing with a major outage. The carrier on Thursday confirmed to CNET that it’s suffering from “wireless service interruptions.”  “Some of our customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning,” a spokesperson said. “We are working urgently to restore service to them. We encourage the use of Wi-Fi calling … Read more