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Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unauthorized person gained access to subscribers’ account information

Exploit: Hacking

Mint Mobile: Mobile Network Carrier

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Risk to Business: 1.575 = Severe

California-based Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach. The company says that an unauthorized person gained access to their data including subscribers’ account information. The miscreants also ported phone numbers to another carrier.

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Individual Risk: 1.502 = Severe

Exposed client data may include name, address, telephone number, email address, password, bill amount, international call detail information, telephone number, account number and subscription features.

Customers Impacted: 40,000

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business Hackers are always in the market for fresh data, and this kind of proprietary information is a goldmine for them.

Source: Bleeping Computer