Data breach at O2's largest UK partner Aerial Direct exposed customer data

guest · Mar 13, 2020

Your data was 'taken without permission', customers told, after personal info accessed in O2 UK partner's database
Well that's one way of putting it
March 13, 2020
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/13/o2_customer_data_slurped_through_partner_databse/

Hackers have slurped biz comms customers' data through a database run by one of telco O2's largest UK partners.

In an email sent to its customers, the partner, Aerial Direct, said that an unauthorised third party had been able to access customer data on 26 February through an external backup database, which included personal information on both current and expired customers from the last six years.
The data accessed included personal information, such as names, dates of birth, business addresses, email address, phone numbers, and product information.

Based in Fareham, England, Aerial Direct is O2's largest direct business partner in the UK with more than 130,000 customers.
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The company has set up a support site for customers affected by the breach, suggesting they change their passwords and advise their banks, building societies and credit card companies if they see any dodgy transactions on their statements.

The company did not reply to The Register's requests for further information on how it locked down that info.
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