Mitnick May Sue AT&T Over Account Breach
Kevin Mitnick may sue AT&T for refusing to do anything about hackers constantly trying to break into his account.
Yesterday we reported that Mitnick had been told by both AT&T and the company that hosts his site to find service elsewhere. Apparently being Kevin Mitnick means a lot of people like to launch attacks on your website and breach your AT&T account only to post your personal details on the web.
CNet today reports that Kevin wanted compensation from AT&T. Unfortunately for Mitnick, AT&T wasn't having any of it. Now, Mitnick says he might sue.
"My attorney is going to review my contract to see what, if any, restrictions are in my service agreement," he said. "I may file a lawsuit for invasion of privacy for the failure to adequately protect my information."
"AT&T wants me off their network because they can't secure my account, and after being a loyal customer for almost a decade I find that reprehensible," he told CNet News on Thursday. "It apparently is more cost effective to drop me than to secure their customer's information."
Do you think Mitnick has the right to sue AT&T for terminating his contract? Let us know in the comments below!
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I know what was said yesterday about 'if you're barack o'bama, then dont use standard services - however I bet if Barack turned up at an AT&T store theyd be more than happy for his custom and more than willing to try and secure his account - this should be no different from anyone else using the service
So essentially what AT&T are saying is that if your are high profile enough for someone to put enough effort in trying to hack your account, you will be hacked. Surely then they are admitting that ANY account can be hacked with effort?
of course they've got to secure his account. It's pretty ridiculous that people believe that just because something is hard to do, it's not worth doing. what a load of horse crap. A company should have an obligation to do whatever it takes for the customer.