AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records post, juli 14, 2024juli 15, 2024 A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks may remain. US telecom giant AT&T, which disclosed Friday that hackers had stolen the call records for tens of millions of its customers, paid a member of the hacking team more than $300,000 to delete the data and provide a video demonstrating proof of deletion. AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records | WIRED: AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records cybersecurity datalek 2024