{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-demand-answers-from-att-snowflake-after-massive-data-breach-targets-millions-of-customers/", "Hawley, Blumenthal Demand Answers from\u00a0AT&T, Snowflake After Massive Data Breach Targets Millions of Customers", "2024-07-17", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)\u2014Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, respectively\u2014sent letters to AT&T and data cloud company Snowflake, Inc., demanding answers behind the recent massive data breach that affected millions of subscribers\u2019 cellphone information.\n\n\u201cTaken together, the stolen information can easily provide cybercriminals, spies, and stalkers a logbook of the communications and activities of AT&T customers over several months, including where those customers live and traveled\u2014a stunning and dangerous breach of its customers\u2019 privacy and intrusion into their personal lives,\u201d the Senators wrote.\n\n\u201cDisturbingly, the AT&T breach appears to have been easily preventable,\u201d the lawmakers continued. \u201cWhile Snowflake, AT&T, and other clients have avoided taking direct responsibility, according to Mandiant, it appears that the cybercrime group behind the breaches obtained companies\u2019 passwords from malware infections, including malware bundled with pirated software.\u201d\n\nThe Senators also raised concerns over the recent series of data hacks targeting other major Snowflake customers, including Ticketmaster, Advance Auto Parts, and Santander Bank.\n\nRead the Senators\u2019 letter to AT&T here.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-blumenthal-demand-answers-from-att-snowflake-after-massive-data-breach-targets-millions-of-customers/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5454948879778385, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}