Yesterday, 10:20 PM
Emma Woollacott reports:
Bouygues Telecom, France’s third-largest phone carrier, has confirmed a data breach which exposed personal data belonging to millions of customers across the country.
The company, which provides mobile, broadband, and digital TV services, said it discovered the breach, affecting 6.4 million of its 27 million customers, earlier this week.
It acted quickly to halt the attack and tighten its security procedures, the bank said in a statement, and is in the process of contacting those affected.
The data exposed in the breach includes contact details, contractual data, civil status data or, in the case of business customers, company data, as well as International Bank Account Numbers (IBANs).
Read more at ITPro.