# AT&T Data Breach- SSN found on "Dark Web" (Spring 2024)

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-data-breach-ssn-found-on-dark-web-spring-2024/1000439 "2024-04-18T00:50:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-t-data-breach-ssn-found-on-dark-web-spring-2024/1000439/24 "2024-04-18T18:43:39Z")

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By amazing coincidence … a phishing scam just this afternoon!

> [@Damn Dirty April! (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/175):
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> So I’m sitting here minding my own business when the phone rings. The caller ID comes up as “likely spam” so I press the button to put it on speakerphone just for amusement. Lo and behold it’s my bank, telling me that they had blocked a fraudulent transaction with my debit card at some carpet place and cancelled my debit card, and would I please call them at the provided 877 number. Instead, I called the bank’s telephone banking line and asked for the fraud department. The fraud department f…

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