14 Million Verizon Customers’ Data Exposed
Verizon, the major telecommunications provider, has suffered a data security breach with over 14 million US customers’ personal details exposed on the Internet after NICE Systems, a third-party vendor, mistakenly left the sensitive users’ details open on a server.
The exposed data includes sensitive information of millions of customers, including their names, phone numbers, and account PINs (personal identification numbers), which is enough for anyone to access an individual’s account, even if the account is protected by two-factor authentication.
The exposed data contained records of customers who called the Verizon’s customer services in the past 6 months, which are recorded, obtained and analyzed by NICE.
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