ADT acknowledged this week that it was recently hacked, resulting in the exposure of some customer data.
The home security company did not say when the cyberattack and data breach occurred, but said attackers accessed its database, which includes customers' home addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.
In a brief regulatory document released late Wednesday, ADT said it had “no reason to believe” that customers' home security systems were compromised during the incident, but did not say how it reached that conclusion. The statement said a “small percentage” of customers were affected, without providing more specific numbers.
ADT announced that it will have 6 million customers as of June 2024.
The revelation comes a week after a cybercrime forum seller seen by TechCrunch claimed in a July 31 post that more than 30,000 customer records had been stolen from ADT. TechCrunch was not immediately able to verify the veracity of the claim.
Sarah Bellinger, a third-party spokesperson for ADT, declined to answer TechCrunch's questions about the cyberattack and data breach.
ADT is one of the largest home security companies in the United States and is currently owned by private equity giant Apollo Global Management, which also owns TechCrunch's parent company Yahoo.