Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 customer accounts this week
- 9 years ago
Vodafone U.K. said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month.
The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said.
"This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses and passwords acquired from an unknown source external to Vodafone," he added in a statement.
"No credit or debit card numbers or details were obtained.
However, this information does leave these 1,827 customers open to fraud and might also leave them open to phishing attempts," the spokesman said.
The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said.
"This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses and passwords acquired from an unknown source external to Vodafone," he added in a statement.
"No credit or debit card numbers or details were obtained.
However, this information does leave these 1,827 customers open to fraud and might also leave them open to phishing attempts," the spokesman said.