According to reports from UK media the company Three Mobile was hacked by hackers Where according to the National Crime Agency or National Crime Agency (NCA), gained access to a database containing account details from six million customers.
The publications They do not report that payment information such as card numbers were stolen, but the hackers gained access to customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth.
It is believed that the hackers used the database to find out which customers were eligible for a subsidized device upgrade. They would then change the details on the orders for the new phones to go to their own addresses, making quite a bit of money money from their resale.
Three Mobile has seen an increase in phone theft devices from upgrades lately, of which at least eight cases (device upgrades) were stolen when shipped to the recipient. Increases were also noticed in thefts made at retail outlets.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested two men, one from Kent's Orpington, and one from Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, with three Mobile computer frauds. He also took a third party to block investigations.
These types of scams are not unknown. In 2014, employees of a company that cooperated with AT&T found to have stolen account details, to unlock and resell stolen phones.
Earlier this year, another mobile operator in the United Kingdom, TalkTalk lost more than 60 million pounds as a result of a violation of 2015 and exposed account data from 156.000 customers.
