AT&T Mobile News and Updates - Latest Business Developments

Posted by Maryanne Delima on Wednesday, June 19, 2024

AT&T discovered that a hacker was able to steal call and text records of nearly all of its customers back in April, just one month after the company found out about a separate breach.

AT&T customers around the U.S. were hit with a nationwide service outage on Tuesday that impacted their ability to make calls to contacts on other carriers.

Four wireless carriers were each hit with multi-million-dollar fines by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). They were AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint.

Cyber security experts talk to FOX Business about what steps AT&T customers can take in order to protect themselves following the breach that impacted 73 million people.

Around 73 million current and former customers are affected by an AT&T data breach to the dark web that includes personal information like Social Security numbers.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating AT&T's "dangerous" cellular network outage last week that left thousands of customers without service for hours.

AT&T CEO John Stankey sent a letter to the telecom giant's employees on Sunday about the cellular network outage that occurred Thursday and the company's efforts to restore service.

AT&T is planning to give billing credits amounting to $5 per account to customers who were impacted or potentially impacted by last week's wireless outage.

AT&T revealed the cause of a nationwide outage that temporarily stripped tens of thousands of customers of cellular service to be the "execution of an incorrect process."

An outage with AT&T's cellular network that left tens of thousands of Americans without service on Thursday has prompted discussion of ways to stay in touch when cell networks are down.

AT&T has yet to say anything about a reported service outage impacting tens of thousands of customers nationwide Thursday morning.

On Tuesday morning, Massachusetts first responders arrived at an AT&T building and found that a 44-year-old man had been electrocuted.

Shares of AT&T have fallen to a three decade low and are now down over 26% in 2023 and 34% the last year amid a sharp decline in subscribers and use of landlines.

AST SpaceMobile and its partners announced Tuesday that the company made the first space-based calls to a standard smartphone using the BW3 satellite.

AT&T said it will end directory assistance for its Voice over Internet Protocol customers. AT&T stopped offering operator and directory assistance to wireless customers over a year ago.

Three company execs who the SEC alleged were involved in violating fair disclosure, also agreed to each pay a $25,000 penalty without admitting or denying the regulator's allegations.

AT&T Illinois agreed to pay a $23 million fine to resolve an investigation into a bribery scheme involving the state's former House speaker Michael Madigan.

Communication is crucial during hurricanes and major disasters. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are aiding people in Florida impacted by Hurricane Ian by helping them maintain service.

AT&T and Corning expect the partnership to create 250 jobs in Gilbert, Arizona. The Broadband Infrastructure Law allocated $65 billion in new spending for broadband.

Public relations firm Zeno Group has reportedly advised a number of high-profile clients to avoid commenting on the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark legal ruling that protects women's rights to an abortion.

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