Personal
details of more than two million customers of Vodafone Germany have
been stolen by a hacker, according to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday.
Vodafone said the attacker got access to customer names, addresses, bank account numbers and birth dates.
The trove of information was stolen from a database sitting on the company’s internal network.
The operator said customers had been
told about the breach and warned to watch out for “phishing” messages
that try to extract more personal data.
“Vodafone deeply regrets the incident and apologises to all those affected,” the operator said in a statement.
Vodafone said it did not think that the
attacker got hold of enough information to plunder bank accounts because
they failed to access phone numbers, credit card details, Pins and
passwords.
The German subsidiary of Vodafone did
not say when the attack took place but said it had been asked by police
to delay notifying customers as an investigation got under way.
A suspect has now been identified and
his home searched, said Vodafone, which meant it could now talk about
the incident and inform the two million victims. In total, Vodafone
Germany has about 36 million mobile customers.
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