Customers’ Accounts Were Exposed in the Verizon breach

There have been a lot of talks lately about telecom companies and consumer data breaches. In the past few years, you are more likely to hear about T-Mobile announced in the headlines. There have been numerous attacks on the self-titled Un-carrier with disastrous results each time it was attacked. 

However, Verizon (and its customers) are not the only ones suffering this year – updated information has revealed that millions of Verizon subscribers have been subjected to data breaches, with their personal information being made publicly available. 

A Verizon contractor has apologized after failing to secure a large batch of customer information previously collected by the telecom company. Due to this vulnerability, over 6 million customer accounts have been exposed. Although it is unclear whether Verizon – the country’s largest wireless carrier – will notify users infected, many believe they will. 

In some cases, customers’ PIN codes were exposed as well, which are often used in conjunction with their names, addresses, phone numbers, account information, as well as basic information about how to contact customer service teams via phone. Some logs contained information about customer service calls stored in the cloud containing exposed data. 

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