Security News > 2020 > March > FYI: When Virgin Media said it leaked 'limited contact info', it meant p0rno filter requests, IP addresses, IMEIs as well as names, addresses and more

A Virgin Media server left facing the public internet contained more than just 900,000 people's "Limited contact information" as the Brit cable giant's CEO put it yesterday.

The marketing database also contained some subscribers' requests to block or unblock access to X-rated and gambling websites, unique ID numbers of stolen cellphones, and records of whichever site they were visiting before arriving at the Virgin Media website.

Virgin Media today stressed the database held about a thousand subscribers' filter request inquiries.

Virgin Media's CEO Lutz Schüler said last night: "Based upon our investigation, Virgin Media does believe that the database was accessed on at least one occasion but we do not know the extent of the access or if any information was actually used."

In a separate email to its subscribers this week, Virgin Media tried to reassure its punters that the only records accessible from the marketing database were "Contact details, technical and product information, including any requests you may have made to us using forms on our website."

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