# AT&T Paid $370,000 For the Deletion of Stolen Phone Call Records

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/at-t-paid-370-000-for-the-deletion-of-stolen-phone-call-records/286931>\
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**Tags:** hacking\
**Created:** [July 14, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/at-t-paid-370-000-for-the-deletion-of-stolen-phone-call-records/286931 "2024-07-14T20:55:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/at-t-paid-370-000-for-the-deletion-of-stolen-phone-call-records/286931/1 "2024-07-14T20:55:28Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Ransom Payment** : AT&T paid over $300,000 to a hacker from the ShinyHunters group to delete stolen phone call records of tens of millions of customers. The payment was verified through a blockchain transaction on May 17 for 5.7 bitcoin, reduced from an initial $1 million demand.

2. **Data Breach** : The hacker exploited unsecured Snowflake cloud storage accounts, lacking multi-factor authentication, to steal data from more than 150 companies. Victims include Ticketmaster, Santander, LendingTree, and Advance Auto Parts.

3. **Proof of Deletion** : AT&T received a video as proof of data deletion from the hacker. The hacker, likely John Binns, was already under indictment for a previous T-Mobile hack when the AT&T breach occurred.

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