Cox Investigates as Employee Data Appears for Sale on the Dark Web

  • 3 March 2016
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3rd March 2016 By Joseph Cox
 
Consumers are not the only ones who need to worry about their details ending up for sale on the so-called dark web when a company suffers a breach: Employees are at risk too. Apparent names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other information relating to some 40,000 Cox Communications employees is currently advertised on a marketplace specialising in stolen data and computer exploits.
 
“Selling 40k personal details of cox employs [sic],” the listing on The Real Deal Market, a recently relaunched dark web site, reads. Cox Communications is a US internet service provider which also sells cable access.
 
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That's good to know Cox is taking  this serious.... I wonder why Motherboard wouldn't say how they obtained this information to Cox. hmmm  I bet they have the top forensic guys on this one..

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