Chris Williams reports:
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been investigating the theft and sale of T-Mobile customers’ personal data for almost a year, it has emerged.
News of the security breach, which saw rogue staff at the mobile operator divulge contract details to cold-calling marketeers, was only released to customers last month.
According to a Freedom of Information Act response, T-Mobile told regulators about the raids on its database on 16 December 2008.
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