AT&T has reached a settlement over the 2023 data breach involving customer data, agreeing to pay a $13 million fine.

AT&T got a $13 million fine for a 2023 data breach related to a cloud vendor. In April of this year, AT&T found that a team of hackers breached the security of one of its cloud ve

AT&T failed to ensure that a third-party vendor adequately protected the telecom carrier's customers, regulators say.

The settlement with the Federal Communications Commission resolves an investigation of a cyberattack that saw almost 9 million customer records exposed.

AT&T; has agreed to a $13 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to resolve issues stemming from a data breach that exposed AT

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached a $13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve a probe into whether the telecom giant failed to protect customer data after a vendor's cloud environment was breached three years ago.

AT&T has agreed to pay $13 million in a settlement with the FCC over a 2023 data breach at a third-party vendor’s cloud environment.

The FCC said that the mandatory changes in the settlement's terms will likely require AT&T to make significant investments that far exceed the $13 million fine.

AT&T isn’t having the best year. An SEC filing revealed in July 2024 that the carrier suffered a major data breach, exposing millions of its customers' call and text records