--- title: Massive AT&T Data Leak, The Danger of Thread Hijacking description: Discusses a significant AT&T data breach affecting 73 million customers and a sophisticated thread jacking attack targeting a journalist. Highlights the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/massive-at-t-data-leak-the-danger-of-thread-hijacking-bn8lxdo9t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Massive AT&T Data Leak, The Danger of Thread Hijacking | daily.dev og:description: Discusses a significant AT&T data breach affecting 73 million customers and a sophisticated thread jacking attack targeting a journalist. Highlights the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/massive-at-t-data-leak-the-danger-of-thread-hijacking-bn8lxdo9t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bn8lxDo9T.png og:image:alt: Massive AT&T Data Leak, The Danger of Thread Hijacking og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Massive AT&T Data Leak, The Danger of Thread Hijacking **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Discusses a significant AT&T data breach affecting 73 million customers and a sophisticated thread jacking attack targeting a journalist. Highlights the compromise of AT&T customer account passcodes and personal information. Emphasizes the importance of recognizing unexpected email threads and the potential dangers of malicious attachments. Mentions the upcoming solar eclipse and the importance of using ISO-certified glasses for viewing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#phishing](https://daily.dev/tags/phishing), [#data-leak](https://daily.dev/tags/data-leak) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/massive-at-t-data-leak-the-danger-of-thread-hijacking-bn8lxdo9t) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Massive AT&T Data Leak, The Danger of Thread Hijacking","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/massive-at-t-data-leak-the-danger-of-thread-hijacking-bn8lxdo9t","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/massive-at-t-data-leak-the-danger-of-thread-hijacking-bn8lxdo9t"},"datePublished":"2024-04-08T08:13:07.740Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"Discusses a significant AT&T data breach affecting 73 million customers and a sophisticated thread jacking attack targeting a journalist. Highlights the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bc718cf048aa9efebeb42df79d226fc9?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/bc718cf048aa9efebeb42df79d226fc9?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Security Boulevard","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Security Boulevard","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/3613c832180040de8d85bb29f74395be","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/massive-at-t-data-leak-the-danger-of-thread-hijacking-bn8lxdo9t","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,phishing,data-leak","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Security Boulevard","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Massive AT&T Data Leak, The Danger of Thread Hijacking"}]} ```