Australian Vodafone customers exposed in privacy breach
Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 09/01/2011 21:09
The personal details of millions of Vodafone customers, including their names, home addresses, driver's licence numbers and credit card details, have been publicly available on the internet in what is being described as an ''unbelievable'' lapse in security by the mobile phone giant.
This website is aware of criminal groups paying for the private information of some Vodafone customers to stand over them.
Other people have apparently obtained logins to check their spouses' communications.
To read this report in full, see:
www.theage.com.au/technology/security/mobile-security-outrage-private-details-accessible-on-net-20110108-19j9j.html
www.smh.com.au/technology/security/mobile-security-outrage-private-details-accessible-on-net-20110108-19j9j.html
