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Vodafone Germany Data Breach Exposes 2 Million Customers’ Data

Calendar Sep 12, 2013 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The German subsidiary of British mobile operator Vodafone has been attacked by a hacker, who has reportedly stolen a huge amount of customer data. Police suspect that a contracted IT specialist carried out the attack. The hacker had gained access to the names, addresses and bank account numbers of about 2 million Vodafone customers in Germany, the British mobile company announced Thursday.

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