Virgin Media Data Breach Involved Contact Details of 900k People

Virgin Media says personal information of about 900,000 people stored on one of its databases had been accessed without permission, according to a company statement.

• The database, which was incorrectly configured and allowed unauthorized access, was accessible since April 2019 until 28 February 2020
• Incident wasn’t a result of hacking; the database didn’t have insufficient protection, company says
• The database was accessed on at least one occasion but it’s unclear what’s the extent of the access or if any information was actually used
• Virgin Media has shut down access to the database and started a full investigation

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