http://www.itpro.co.uk/data-leakage/22202/orange-confirms-details-of-13-million-customers-were-stolen
By Caroline Donnelly
ITPro.co.uk
8 May, 2014
Orange has warned people to be on their guard against phishing attacks
after the personal details of 1.3 million of its customers were stolen by
the hackers.
The French telecommunications group has confirmed the breach resulted in
the victims’ names, telephone numbers, birth dates and email addresses
being compromised. The attack took place last month and was originally
detected on 18 April, it added.
However, Orange has stressed that no credit card information or payment
details were lifted during the breach.
Hackers are believed to have gained access to the platform Orange uses to
distribute promotional emails and text messages to customers in France to
carry out the data theft.
As a result, the company has notified those affected, warning them to be
on their guard against follow-up, phishing emails that might attempt to
extort further sensitive information from them.
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