Home Security Firm ADT Breach: 5.5M Customers' Data Exposed
Home security firm ADT suffered a data breach exposing personally identifiable information of 5.5 million customers. The ShinyHunters extortion group claimed to have stolen over 10 million records containing PII and internal corporate data.
ADT, a home security giant, notified investors of a data breach in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. The breach, discovered on April 20, involved unauthorized access to certain cloud-based environments. The ShinyHunters extortion group claimed to have stolen over 10 million records containing personally identifiable information (PII) and internal corporate data. The breach exposed 5.5 million unique email addresses, as well as customers' names, physical addresses, and phone numbers. Some customers' dates of birth and partial government-issued ID numbers were also exposed. ADT has contacted all affected customers and stated that payment card data and customer security systems were not compromised.
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