AT&T inside job leads to compromise of customer data

The American telecom giant has reported that data of unknown number of its customers may have been compromised.  In a statement issued to its customers and Vermont authorities today, AT&T said that this breach was a result of malicious insider and may have resulted in the compromise of account and personal information of a yet unknown number of customers.

Inside job again!

In a letter written to affected customers and the Office of the Vermont Attorney General, AT&T has explained that the breach happened due to a inside job.  It seems that one of AT&T’s employees  violated their policy and security guidelines by accessing users’ account information, including the users’ social security number and driver’s license number.