The intrusion exposed phone records of over 100 million customers but it did not include customer names, the contents of calls or texts, or sensitive data such as Social Security numbers.
While Binns may not be solely responsible for the AT&T attack, he is believed to be among those who plotted to steal logs related to phone calls and text messages sent and received by customers in 2022.
It’s being reported that at least one person has already been arrested by law enforcement officials and that person is allegedly Binns, who is already in detention in Turkey.
Authorities are still investigating the identities of other people who helped Binns get into AT&T’s system.
When Binns confessed to breaching T-Mobile‘s servers, he said he wanted to create awareness about the carrier’s awful security. That was supposedly not his only motive, as he allegedly also sold customer information on dark web forums, which are frequented by cybercriminals.
According to AT&T, there’s no evidence that data on its customers was shared publicly.