[BBC] Virgin Media data breach affects 900,000 people

[Andrew]

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A Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was left unsecured and accessible online for 10 months, the company has admitted.

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The breach was not due to a hack or a criminal attack, but because the database had been "incorrectly configured" by a member of staff not following the correct procedures, Virgin Media said.

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The company said almost all of those affected were Virgin customers with television or fixed-line telephone accounts, although the database also included some Virgin Mobile customers as well as potential customers referred by friends as part of a promotion.

 

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[ENTERPRISE]

One permission setting wrong here and there and it can be a total disaster. Sometimes your saving grace is if nobody notices...but don't depend on it.