Nov 11
22
Hackers unsuccessfully attempted to break into AT&T’s customer information database via its website with an automated script. I took some time to share my thoughts on what the intentions of the hackers might have been in terms of the type of data they were seeking. You can read Fahmida Rashid’s full article here, but here’s my “two cents”:
The incident could be an example of hackers trying to get “inference data,” or information that can be combined with other pieces of information to “infer something useful,” Mike Logan, president of Axis Technology, told eWEEK. Since the type of sensitive information being inferred is usually protected at a higher security level, the breach attempt illustrates the importance of protecting all types of customer data, according to Logan.
