Telekom Malaysia has confirmed that a data breach, which it became aware of on Dec 28, affects its Unifi Mobile users, both individual customers and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
In a statement to LifestyleTech, the company said that its investigations revealed that 250,284 accounts were affected, exposing customers’ names, phone numbers, and emails. The company claimed that no other information was revealed.
“TM confirms that the breach has been contained and has taken steps to minimize the potential impact to these 250,248 customers,” it said, adding that affected customers have been notified.
The company also said that customers did not experience service disruptions during the incident.
The seller, who posted on a popular data breach forum on Dec 24, claimed that it contains over 2.7 million data entries for the price of US$850 (RM3,750).
