Orange confirms details of 1.3 million customers were stolen

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http://www.itpro.co.uk/data-leakage/22202/orange-confirms-details-of-13-million-customers-were-stolen

By Caroline Donnelly
ITPro.co.uk
8 May, 2014

Orange has warned people to be on their guard against phishing attacks 
after the personal details of 1.3 million of its customers were stolen by 
the hackers.

The French telecommunications group has confirmed the breach resulted in 
the victims’ names, telephone numbers, birth dates and email addresses 
being compromised. The attack took place last month and was originally 
detected on 18 April, it added.

However, Orange has stressed that no credit card information or payment 
details were lifted during the breach.

Hackers are believed to have gained access to the platform Orange uses to 
distribute promotional emails and text messages to customers in France to 
carry out the data theft.

As a result, the company has notified those affected, warning them to be 
on their guard against follow-up, phishing emails that might attempt to 
extort further sensitive information from them.


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