8.7 million mobile customers hacked in S. Korea:
SEOUL – South Korean police have arrested two hackers who stole personal data of 8.7 million customers of the nation's second-biggest mobile operator, the company said Sunday.
KT said the hackers – formally arrested on Sunday – had stolen data such as customers' names, phone numbers and residential registration numbers for five months since February and sold the information to telemarketing firms.
"The number of affected people account for nearly a half of about 17 million customers of ours," a KT spokesman told AFP, adding the company had alerted police on July 13 after detecting traces of hacking attacks.
Yonhap news agency, citing police, said the duo – including ...
Keep on reading: 8.7 million mobile customers hacked in S. Korea
SEOUL – South Korean police have arrested two hackers who stole personal data of 8.7 million customers of the nation's second-biggest mobile operator, the company said Sunday.
KT said the hackers – formally arrested on Sunday – had stolen data such as customers' names, phone numbers and residential registration numbers for five months since February and sold the information to telemarketing firms.
"The number of affected people account for nearly a half of about 17 million customers of ours," a KT spokesman told AFP, adding the company had alerted police on July 13 after detecting traces of hacking attacks.
Yonhap news agency, citing police, said the duo – including ...
Keep on reading: 8.7 million mobile customers hacked in S. Korea
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