Texas-based Frontier Communications, which provides local residential and business telecom services in 25 states, has shut down its operations in the wake of a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of personally identifiable information.

According to an incident filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), on 4.14.24 Frontier detected a breach by an unauthorized third party. To prevent the rapid spread of the outcome of the data breach, Frontier took a part of the company’s systems offline, which resulted in an operational disruption. The company is investigating the matter with experts and law enforcement. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page