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<h1>AT&T Negotiates with ShinyHunters Hacker Group</h1>
<p>In a bold move, AT&T reportedly engaged in negotiations through an intermediary known as Reddington, who represented a member of the infamous ShinyHunters hacking group. Initially, the hacker demanded a ransom of $1 million. However, AT&T successfully negotiated this amount down and completed the payment on May 17th using bitcoin, according to <em>Wired</em>.</p>
<p>Further reports from the outlet indicate that Reddington, compensated by AT&T for his involvement in the negotiations, believes the only comprehensive copy of the compromised data was deleted upon receipt of the ransom. Nevertheless, he also mentioned the possibility that partial data fragments may still be circulating. Additionally, Reddington disclosed that he had facilitated negotiations with several other companies on behalf of the hackers.</p>
<p>Prior to AT&T's public announcement of the breach, it was revealed that Ticketmaster and Santander Bank had also been targets. These breaches occurred through stolen login credentials of an employee from the third-party cloud storage company, Snowflake. As <em>Wired</em> reports, following the Ticketmaster breach, hackers deployed a script that enabled them to potentially infiltrate over 160 companies simultaneously.</p>
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