Orange, Europe's fourth largest telecom, has confirmed reports that personal information for 1.3 million customers have been compromised. The breach is the second one in three months, but notification was delayed so that the company could assess the true scale of the problem.
On April 18, Orange discovered that criminals acquired 1.3 million records, including names, email addresses, mobile and fixed telephone numbers, names of mobile and internet operators, as well as dates of birth.
In a statement, Orange correctly noted that the "data recovered could be used to contact those concerned by email, SMS or by phone, particularly for phishing purposes."
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Orange warns of Phishing attacks after data breach
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I have to sau that while assessing the damage is important I would be very concerned abiut the delay of notification were I a customer.
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