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‘Customer data from Vodafone, Unitymedia was stolen – report’

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Dissent

Customer data of Vodafone Germany and German cable network operator Unitymedia have been sold on the black market by dubious call centres, according to German magazine Capital citing from the investigation files of the state prosecutor’s office in Bonn. The stolen data concerns several thousands of customers. State prosecutor Fred Apostel confirmed that several telecom and cable operators have been become victims.

Source: TradingMarkets.com

So far, that’s all that’s appeared in the media, but I will update this as/when more is revealed.

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