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Swiss telecoms giant Swisscom has admitted that it suffered a serious security breach in the autumn of 2017 that saw the theft of contact details of approximately 800,000 customers – most of whom were mobile subscribers.
Data exposed during the breach included:
Customers’ first and last names
Customers’ home addresses
Customers’ dates of birth
Customers’ telephone numbers
Interestingly, in a press release, Swisscom pointed a finger of blame at an unnamed third-party sales partner who had been granted “limited access” to the data in order that they could identify and advise customers approaching contract renewal.
That sales partner, Swisscom says, suffered its own security breach – somehow allowing its access keys to Swisscom to fall into criminal hands.
A routine check of Swisscom’s operational activities uncovered the unauthorised data access, and the offending partner’s access rights revoked.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=DATA-BREACHES
Interestingly, in a press release, Swisscom pointed a finger of blame at an unnamed third-party sales partner who had been granted “limited access” to the data in order that they could identify and advise customers approaching contract renewal.
That sales partner, Swisscom says, suffered its own security breach – somehow allowing its access keys to Swisscom to fall into criminal hands.
A routine check of Swisscom’s operational activities uncovered the unauthorised data access, and the offending partner’s access rights revoked.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=DATA-BREACHES