THREE MOBILE COMPANY CYBERATTACK: MILLIONS’ OF COSTUMER DATA AT RISK

Three Mobile, one of the UK's biggest phone companies, has reportedly suffered a hack on its computer systems that put the personal data of roughly six million of its customers at risk.

The information reportedly accessed by hackers included names, phone numbers, addresses and dates of birth, however officials from the popular telecommunications firm stressed it is not believed financial details such as banking or credit card numbers were stolen.

Sources close to the incident told The Telegraph that private data of "two thirds of the company's nine million customers" could now be vulnerable.

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Three Mobile confirmed hackers were able to access its customer upgrade database using employee login credentials but declined to comment on the scale of the breach or if customer data was successfully stolen.

TAHADHARI: WIZI MTANDAO KUONGEZEKA KUELEKEA MWISHO WA MWAKA

Unapo wadia mwisho wa mwaka wizi kupitia mtandao umekua ukishika kasi zaidi – Mataifa mengi duniani yamekua yakikumbwa na wimbi kubwa la uhalifu mtandao unao ambatana na upoteaji wa pesa. Itakumbukwa mwaka jana kuelekea mwisho wa mwaka ndio kirusi kipya aina ya ModPOS kilionekana kwa mara ya kwanza na kilifanikiwa kudhuru maeneo mengi na kusababisha kiasi kikubwa cha fedha kupotelea mikononi mwa wahalifu.

Mwezi huu wa kuminamoja pekee tayari kumekua na matukio mengi yenye mlengo wa kuwapatia pesa wahalifu mtandao. Kwa sasa Uhalifu mtandao kpitia kirusi cha RANSOMWARE kinachoendelea kushikakasi wamefanikiwa kupata mamilioni ya fedha. Kirusi hiki kinapelekea mhalifu mtandao kumfungia uwezo mmiliki halali kutumia kifaa chake akimtaka alipe kiasi cha pesa ili kurudishiwa huduma. Uhalifu huu umepiga hodi Barani Afrika na hadi sasa wengi wameendelea kua waathirika.

Mifumo ya hospitali, mashule na watu binafsi ni miongoni mwa waathirika wa kubwa wa uhalifu huu ambapo kila mfumo ulio fungiwa na kirusi cha Ransomware ili kufunguliwa kiasi cha dola Miatatu (300) na zaidi kimekua kiki hitajika. Kupitia matukio yaliyo ripotiwa duniani kote, takwimu halisi ya pesa zilizo ingia mikononi mwa wahalifu mtandao kwa mwezi huu wa kuminamoja pekee kutokana na Ransomware bado haija patikana ingawa ina kadiriwa kuzidi dola milioni 829.

Aidha, Mabenki nayo hayako salama – Idadi ya Mabenki yaliyo vamiwa kimtandao imeendelea kukua zaidi kuanzia mapema mwezi huu huku hali hii ikitegemewa kuendelea zaidi maeneo mengi. Tukio kubwa zaidi kwa sasa ni kutokea uingereza ambapo hadi sasa benki ya Tesco baada ya kushambuliwa kimtandao zaidi ya Paundi milioni mbili zimeweza kupotelea mikononi mwa wahalifu mtandao na benki hiyo imelazimika kuwalipa wateja wake.