ADT, one of the leading home security companies in the US, has revealed that its systems were breached in a cyberattack last weekend. Now, an alleged ADT database of customers’ private info has been spotted for sale on the popular online hacker marketplace BreachForums.
ADT filed an 8K regulatory breach report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating it first discovered the unauthorized intrusion on August 3rd, five days ago.
“ADT Inc. recently experienced a cybersecurity incident during which unauthorized actors illegally accessed certain databases containing ADT customer order information,” the filing said.
The company said that once it became aware of the incident, ADT “promptly took steps to shut down the unauthorized access and launched an investigation,” bringing in outside cybersecurity experts.
ADT said the attackers were able to gain access to “limited customer information,” to include email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.
More importantly, ADT said preliminary investigations show that no customers’ home security systems were compromised during the attack.
