I thought the 7.6M was a joke, but it turns out it's actually 10x worse lmao "including Social Security numbers [...] personal information for approximately 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former customers." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/everything-to-know-about-the-alleged-at-t-data-leak-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself/

Monetizing their customers’ data is part of the business model.

why on Earth does a phone company need your social security # ?