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fringe: O2 apology for disclosing mobile phone numbers online
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:46:46 -0600 (CST)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16725531 25 January 2012 Last updated at 13:29 ET O2 apology for disclosing mobile phone numbers online O2 has apologised for a technical problem which caused users' phone numbers to be disclosed when using its mobile data. The company said it normally only passed numbers to "trusted partners". A problem during routine maintenance meant that from 10 January numbers could have been seen by other websites. "We investigated, identified and fixed it this afternoon. We would like to apologise for the concern we have caused," the company said. The Information Commissioner's Office had said that it would speak to O2 "to better understand what has happened". In a blog post the company said: "We are in contact with the Information Commissioner's office, and we will be co-operating fully." [..] http://blog.o2.co.uk/home/2012/01/o2-mobile-numbers-and-web-browsing.html 25 January 2012 O2 mobile numbers and web browsing Security is of the utmost importance to us and we take the protection of our customers. data extremely seriously. We have seen the report published this morning suggesting the potential for disclosure of customers. mobile phone numbers to website owners. We investigated, identified and fixed it this afternoon. We would like to apologise for the concern we have caused. Below is a set of Q&As, to answer questions we've been receiving. If you have further questions, do leave them in the blog comments and we will do our best to answer as many as possible. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list Small, inexpensive USB drives pose huge threats to organizations left unprotected. Download Chapter 1 of CREDANT Technologies eBook Data Protection to the Rescue http://www.credant.com/campaigns/external_media_ebook/chapter1/lp/
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