AT&T Data Breach Exposes 86 Million Customers – What You Need to Know

A bombshell breach has rocked the telecom world. In this episode, we break down the AT&T data leak exposing 86 million customer records — including 44 million unencrypted Social Security numbers and birth dates now circulating on the dark web. From the 2021 ShinyHunters attack to the Snowflake cloud misstep, we trace how fragmented breaches merged into one massive threat. Learn why this breach is more dangerous than previous ones, how attackers decrypted sensitive data, and what every consumer and enterprise must do now to protect themselves.