Vodafone Group PLC’s German unit said
Thursday the personal data of two million customers were compromised by a
hacker who broke into one of its servers and stole data on customers’ names,
bank codes, account numbers, addresses and birth dates.
“Vodafone
discovered and stopped the attack, and quickly filed charges,” Vodafone said.
“The attack was only possible due to…insider knowledge, and occurred deep in
the company’s IT infrastructure,” it said. No country other than Germany has
been affected.
A suspect has
been identified and German law enforcement has searched his home. He worked for
an external service provider and had access to Vodafone data, but was hacking
into the server to obtain the information, said a spokesman.
Source: AllthingsD
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