"A spokesperson for Odido told local Dutch media that the breach affects more than 6.2 million customers, or about a third of the country's population. The stolen data includes customer names, phone numbers, postal and email addresses, dates of birth, bank account numbers (IBAN), and details of customers' government-issued IDs, such as passport or driver's license numbers and dates of validity."
"The company said former customers who had service within the past two years may also be affected. Odido said the data did not include customer call records, location data, billing information, or image scans of government IDs. The data does not affect business customers, the company said. Both companies said that their phone, internet, and television operations were unaffected by the breach."
"This is the latest in a series of data thefts targeting phone and telecommunication giants in recent years, as governments and financially motivated hackers continue to seek highly confidential information that telcos have on their customers. Earlier this week, the Singaporean government confirmed that a China-related hacking group had previously broken into four of the country's top phone giants as part of a surveillance operation, but did not access customers' personal information."
Unknown hackers gained access to Odido's customer contact system and covertly downloaded information affecting more than 6.2 million customers, about a third of the Netherlands' population. Stolen records include names, phone numbers, postal and email addresses, dates of birth, bank account numbers (IBAN), and government ID details such as passport or driver's license numbers and validity dates. Former customers with service in the past two years may also be impacted. The breach did not include call records, location data, billing details, or image scans of IDs, and business customers were not affected. Odido and subsidiary Ben NL reported network services remained operational.
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