"ADT Confirms Data Breach After Customer Info Leaked on Hacking Forum"

American building security giant ADT recently confirmed it suffered a data breach after threat actors leaked allegedly stolen customer data on a popular hacking forum.  The company employs 14,300 people, has an annual revenue of $4.98 billion, and serves approximately 6 million customers across 200 locations in the United States.  The company noted that some of its databases were breached, and customer information was stolen.  The attackers obtained some customer information, including email addresses, phone numbers, and postal addresses.  The company noted that there is no evidence that customers' home security systems have been compromised.  Also, ADT does not believe the attackers stole customers' credit card data or banking information.  While ADT did not share many details about the attack, on July 31st, a threat actor known as "netnsher" leaked customer data allegedly stolen from ADT.  The threat actor says the leaked data includes 30,800 customer records, including customer emails, complete addresses, user IDs, and the products purchased.

BleepingComputer reports: "ADT Confirms Data Breach After Customer Info Leaked on Hacking Forum"