Astro IPTV Data Leaked – Customers Data Available Online For Sale

guest · Jun 7, 2018

Astro IPTV Data Leaked – Customers Data Available Online For Sale
June 7, 2018
https://latesthackingnews.com/2018/...ked-customers-data-available-online-for-sale/

All-Asian Satellite Television and Radio Operator, or Astro, is a Malaysian DBS Pay TV service, providing digital satellite TV and radio to their customers. Astro IPTV is a subsidiary of Astro which provides services such as HDTV, video-on-demand and high-speed internet. As reported by Lowyat.net, the data of around 60,000 customers of Astro IPTV was discovered for sale by some unknown seller.
Astro IPTV Customers’ Data Available Openly For Sale
Early Wednesday, Lowyat.net revealed the availability of a large chunk of customers’ data available for sale. The data allegedly belonged to Astro IPTV, which included customer names, installation addresses, contact numbers, Portal ID and equipment details, and MyKAD numbers, along with the details for their subscribed packages.
This Isn’t Their First Incidence Of A Data Leak
According to Lowyat.net, this is the second time they have stumbled upon this data. The first time, it was in January 2018, when they found data of around 50,000 customers’ details being put online for sale for RM 3,000 (approximately 755 USD) per 10,000 records.

Astro officials now confirm that they have taken necessary steps to contain the leak. Furthermore, they reiterate that maintaining the privacy of their customers is of ‘utmost importance’ to them.
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guest · Aug 23, 2019

Astro Suffers Data Breach Yet Again; Less Than 0.2 Percent Of Customers Affected
August 23, 2019
https://www.stuff.tv/my/news/astro-suffers-data-breach-yet-again

Astro has suffered a data breach yet again. Yep, this has happened before as this is the company’s second known data leak in the span of 18 months. Astro made an official announcement on their website, stating that it had noticed unauthorised access to its customers’ MyKad data which holds details including IC number, date of birth, gender, race and address.

On the bright side, less than 0.2 percent of their customers are affected in this incident and Astro is actually in the process of informing them. The company also claims that its customers' financial data is not compromised, and that it had addressed and stopped the unauthorised access immediately.
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