Home security giant ADT says it was hacked

ADT confirmed this week that it was recently hacked, compromising some customer data. The home security company did not say when the cyberattack and data breach occurred, but disclosed that the attackers accessed the company’s databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. In a brief regulatory filing published late Wednesday, ADT said it has “no reason to believe” that customer home security systems were compromised during the incident, but ADT did not say how it reached ...