In a bid to bridge the digital divide in the United States, AT&T Inc. (T) has announced an additional $3 billion investment by 2030, bringing the tally to $5 billion since 2021. This commitment underscores AT&T's dedication to providing affordable, high-speed Internet access to millions of Americans, with a goal to help 25 million people get connected throughout the decade.A significant chunk of Americans reportedly still lack access to wired or fixed wireless broadband, while several others struggle with d ...

DALLAS, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Decade-long commitment of internet services and digital literacy resources aims to reach 25 million people to help close the digital divide Key Takeaways: AT&T commits an additional $3 billion, for a total of $5 billion since 2021, to narrow the digital divide AT&T aims to help 25 million people get and stay connected by 2030 The company’s additional $3 billion commitment will address the main barriers to connectivity – affordability and adoption – for those who need i ...

Auris A "show me" stock AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has largely become a "show me" stock recently, in my view. That is, I think investors are saying "show me" the results before they're convinced to buy in. Of course, there are good reasons. It's difficult to argue against the attractiveness of the company's stock price (a sector leader trading at 7.9x FWD P/E). However, there are indeed many uncertainties about the company's future performance. I cannot blame anyone for deciding to wait and see if the company can d ...

A major hacking incident disclosed over the weekend led to a minor sell-off in AT&T (T -0.57%) stock as the trading week kicked off on Monday. The telecom giant's shares dipped by 0.6% on the day, which was a steeper fall than the bellwether S&P 500 index's 0.2% slide.Large data set found on the dark webThe previous Saturday, AT&T revealed that data fields specific to the company were found in a data set released on the dark web. This occurred roughly two weeks previously and, according to a preliminary ana ...

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AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) revealed earlier it suffered a breach that exposed data from 7.6 million current and 65.4 million former account holders to the dark web. The equity is down 2.4% at $17.19 at last check, but a recent floor at the $16.80 region combined with support from the 80-day moving average look ready to contain additional losses. Over the past 12 months, T shed 8.6%.Put volume is already running at 10 times the intraday average today, with 23,000 bearish bets exchanged so far, compared to just 17,000 ...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGNEW YORK (AP) — The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend.In a Saturday announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information including some Social Security numbers and passcodes for about 7.6 million current account holders and 65.4 million former account holders.Advertisement Whether the data “ ...

Key TakeawaysAT&T shares will be in focus Monday after the telecommunications bellwether said a data breach has leaked millions of customers' details onto the dark web.The data contained information from 7.6 million current accounts and 65.4 million former accounts , including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and Social Security numbers.The AT&T share price may find support from an eight-month uptrend line around $17 and resistance from a horizontal line near $18.10. Shares in telecommunicati ...

AT&T says personal data of several million customers was leaked onto the dark web.“Based on our preliminary analysis, the data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders,” the company wrote on its website Saturday (March 30). “Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized access to its systems resulting in theft of the data set.”The telecom giant said its investigation found that “AT&T data-specifi ...

Millions of current and former AT&T customers’ leaked data, including Social Security numbers, were posted on the dark web earlier this month. The leak prompted a “robust investigation supported by internal and external cybersecurity experts,” the telecommunications giant said Saturday. The compromised data appears to be from 2019 or earlier and included the information of roughly 7.6 million current customers and 65.4 million former ones, AT&T said. The compromised data included information of roughly 73 m ...