INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Virgin Media has reported a data breach affecting 900,000 customers, caused by a failure to secure a marketing database.The company says the
incident was not due to a cyberattack, but rather a misconfigured database which left personal details unsecured and available for anyone to
access for 10 months.The breach compromised sensitive customer information, including phone numbers, email and home addresses, though no
pornography and other explicit websites.Virgin Media confirmed the database held records of roughly 1,100 customers who had asked for
unauthorised user.Virgin Media first became aware of the issue last week, after it was identified by a researcher at security firm
TurgenSec.The majority of those affected were customers with television or landline telephone accounts, though some mobile customers also
featured on the database.The nature of the compromised information means the group is at increased risk of phishing attacks, nuisance calls
investigation, Virgin Media does believe the database was accessed on at least one occasion, but we do not know the extent of the access or
TurgenSec believes the data exposed is more extensive and incriminating than Virgin Media first let on, and could also be used to hold
victims to ransom."Stating to their customer that there was only a breach of 'limited contact information' is from our perspective
understating the matter potentially to the point of being disingenuous," said a TurgenSec researcher."These highly sensitive details could
Office and alerted the affected individuals via email.Via BBC
