ADT hack exposes customer addresses, phone numbers and emails
Home security company ADT was hacked, exposing customers' addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. After the stolen data was posted on the dark web and a hacking forum, ADT acknowledged the breach and said the customer data exposed was limited.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- ADT
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer addresses, phone numbers and email addresses
- Cause / method
- External hacking
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- ADT confirmed a data breach after stolen customer information was posted on a hacking forum.
- It was reported that the leaked information included customers' email addresses and home addresses.
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