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Data Breach at Three Mobile, Customer Details of Millions Exposed (telegraph.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

Cara McGoogan, writing for Telegraph: UK carrier Three Mobile has suffered a massive data breach in which the personal information and contact details of millions of customers could have been accessed. It is believed to one of the largest hacks of its kind to affect people living in Britain. UK-based cyber criminals managed to gain access to the upgrade database in Three's computer system. The database contains the personal information of those who are eligible for an upgrade, but it is not clear exactly how many customers this includes. The company has not outlined whether the system includes those who have previously upgraded or historic customers that have left the network. Attackers allegedly accessed the database using stolen employee credentials, which allowed them to login to the system without Three noticing. Once in, they tricked it into sending high-end upgrade handsets to an address where they could intercept them. Three has not said whether the accessed customer data was also stolen.

14 comments

  1. Three? by The-Ixian · · Score: 3, Informative

    I am guessing this http://www.three.co.uk/ Three?

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    1. Re:Three? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's time to incentivize companies to develop and deploy security Best Practices, by holding employees at all levels, COB on down, civilly and criminally liable. Failure to report a breach would lead to charges of conspiracy or accessory after the fact.

  2. Link? by subk · · Score: 1

    Who the fuck is Three?

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    1. Re:Link? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1

      I don't know, but I'm sure there'll be news at eleven about it.

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    2. Re:Link? by The-Ixian · · Score: 1

      I, for one, welcome our news bearing overlords...

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    3. Re:Link? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Someone from the village?

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_Six_(The_Prisoner)

    4. Re:Link? by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 1

      Who the fuck is Three?

      I'm sure you'll ménage to find out.

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    5. Re:Link? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      UK carrier Three Mobile

      A CARRIER of MOBILE called THREE. Not sure it could be any clearer than that.

  3. Three Mobile Hack? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This sounds like a new song by either Sammy Hagar or The White Stripes.

  4. OMG!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    NNNOOO!!!!!!

  5. Tough luck, pooftahs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    can you hear me now?

  6. three by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Probably an ex-employee..
    To those Americans and others who don't know of three,it's a part of Hutchinson.
    Just to make our American cousins jealous,for $30 a month,PAYG,I get 300 minutes,3000 texts,AND UN-LIMITED DATA,with no throttleing until you go over about 150+gb..
    Lte is a bit ropey in places,but it's pretty reliable in most places,but they are the only firm to offer anything like real un-limited data,the only other real un-limited tariff is with BT,but that's plugging in to their WiFi network..and they don't do PAYG.

  7. LOLWHUT?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Three has not said whether the accessed customer data was also stolen."

    That has got to be the stupidest damn thing I've read all week.