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FBI warns agents of call log thefts by hackers, Bloomberg News reports

by January 16, 2025
written by January 16, 2025

(Reuters) – FBI leaders have warned that hackers who breached AT&T (NYSE:T)’s system last year likely stole months of agents’ call and text logs, prompting an urgent effort to safeguard confidential informants’ identities, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

The breach, believed to have compromised all FBI devices using the bureau’s AT&T public safety service, included agents’ mobile phone numbers and the numbers they used to call and text, according to a document reviewed by Bloomberg and its interviews with a current and a former law enforcement official.

Last July, AT&T said that the company suffered a massive hacking incident as data from about 109 million customer accounts containing records of calls and texts from 2022 was illegally downloaded in April.

FBI officials informed agents nationwide that details about their use on the telecom carrier’s network were likely among billions of records stolen, the report said, adding that while the hacked records did not expose the content of communications, they could link investigators to their secret sources, the report added.

AT&T and the FBI did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

The breach follows broader concerns about cyber-espionage targeting U.S. telecom networks. On Jan. 10, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the U.S. had taken steps in response to Chinese-linked cyber-espionage operations against U.S. telecoms firms.

U.S. telecoms firms Verizon (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T said late last year their networks had been targeted by the cyber hackers, but were now secure as they worked with the U.S. government and law enforcement.

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