Security News > 2020 > March > Your data was 'taken without permission', customers told, after personal info accessed in O2 UK partner's database
2020-03-13 17:24
Hackers have slurped biz comms customers' data from a database run by one of O2's largest UK partners.
In an email sent to its customers, the partner, Aerial Direct, said that an unauthorised third party had been able to access customer data on 26 February through an external backup database, which included personal information on both current and expired subscribers from the last six years.
The data accessed included personal information, such as names, dates of birth, business addresses, email address, phone numbers, and product information.
The company said no passwords or financial information was taken.
Based in Fareham, England, Aerial Direct is O2's largest direct business partner in the UK with more than 130,000 customers.