The FBI has raised alarm that hackers who breached AT&T’s system last year may have stolen months of agents’ call and text logs, which could potentially lead to the identities of anonymous informants connected to investigations.
While the hackers did not access the content of conversations, the stolen call log metadata—records of who called whom, when and for how long—poses significant risks, particularly the potential exposure of confidential informants and ongoing investigations.
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Source: Forbes News
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