Cosmote was hacked, as the company states in an announcement.
COSMOTE MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS S.A. with an announcement, informs that during an audit of its systems, an unauthorized extraction of a file from the company's system was detected, as a result of a cyber attack. The file in question included data, without first and last name, of the calls made or received by mobile subscribers on the five-day period 1 to 5/9/2020, namely: telephone number, day and time of making call and its duration.
In addition, device type, IMSI, age, gender, ARPU, base station coordinates and COSMOTE subscriber mobile program were displayed. This data is used by the company to optimize the network and the services provided.
"The file, as the company emphasizes in its announcement, did not include the content of calls (conversations) or the content of messages, names or addresses, nor passwords or data of credit cards or bank accounts. None are required energy from the customers' side".
And the announcement continues “the company immediately blocked access, took all necessary measures and informed the competent authorities from the first moment, as provided. The investigation of the incident is in progress and so far, there is no indication of publication or other use of the illegally obtained file.
The phenomenon of cyberattacks (cyberattacks) worldwide is a daily occurrence for all technology systems of companies, organizations and institutions. The systems cyber securityof the company repel over 500 malicious third-party and denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks every month."
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