London: Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had
accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second
cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month.
The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort
codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their
names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said.
"This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses and
passwords acquired from an unknown source external to Vodafone," he
added in a statement.
Only a handful of those affected in the Thursday morning attack had seen
any attempts to use their data for fraudulent activity on their
Vodafone accounts.
"No credit or debit card numbers or details were obtained. However, this
information does leave these 1,827 customers open to fraud and might
also leave them open to phishing attempts," the spokesman said.
The company was contacting all those involved and that other customers need not be concerned, he said.
Last week broadband, TV, mobile and fixed-line service provider TalkTalk
said it had been hacked, potentially putting the private details of its
4 million customers into the hands of criminals.
Less than 21,000 unique bank account numbers and sort codes had been
accessed. Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with that
attack.
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