Con artists target school bus driver to steal $5K in Apple products
A north suburban school bus driver became a victim of sophisticated scammers who are targeting more people and more vulnerable populations to make more money.
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A north suburban school bus driver became a victim of sophisticated scammers who are targeting more people and more vulnerable populations to make more money.
Three hundred laptops were given out at the Rusu-McCartin Club, along with a year of free tech support and other internet resources.
AT&T customers whose data was compromised in either of two data breaches, or both, are eligible to file a claim that could provide up to $7,500.
This includes AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen. Investigators suspect the hackers were looking for national security or other sensitive information.
Prosecutors said former AT&T President Paul La Schiazza paid Madigan allies thousands of dollars in the form of do-nothing contracts.
Prosecutors said former AT&T President Paul La Schiazza paid former House Speaker Mike Madigan allies thousands of dollars in the form of do-nothing contracts.
AT&T failed to ensure that a third-party vendor adequately protected the telecom carrier's customers, regulators say.
AT&T said the breach doesn't include the content of calls or texts or personal information such as Social Security numbers.
AT&T on Friday disclosed that hackers had accessed records of calls and texts of "nearly all" its cellular customers for a six-month period between May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022.
AT&T on Friday disclosed that hackers had accessed records of calls and texts of "nearly all" its cellular customers for a six-month period between May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022.
CBS' Jarred Hill has more on how to know if your data was compromised and what to do about it. Friday morning, the company announced hackers accessed phone and text message records for nearly all its customers.
The company says it happened in mid-to-late 2022 and blames it on an "illegal download" without elaborating.
AT&T said data found on the "dark web" contains information such as Social Security numbers and passcodes for roughly 73 million current and former customers.
AT&T says it's notifying customers affected by a huge data breach, but cybersecurity experts say it's important to protect your information now.
It is not known if the data "originated from AT&T or one of its vendors," the company said in a statement.
On Thursday of last week, more than 50,000 AT&T customers lost service in a widespread outage.
State legislation was passed to pave the way for providers like AT&T to end servicing traditional copper landlines. After the AT&T cell service outage last week, some say landlines are more important than they are being given credit for. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
AT&T apologized for Thursday's widespread phone network outage and said "potentially impacted customers" will receive a credit.
On Thursday night, the company attributed the outage to a software bug.
Thousands of AT&T customers reported cellphone service outages across the U.S. Here's a map of where people reported problems.
An expert said all signs point to a software issue causing this outage, but the possibility of a cyberattack is also being investigated. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
CBS 2 has learned the federal government is investigating whether a cyberattack was to blame for the outage. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
