Verizon Enterprise Solutions, a B2B unit of the telecommunications giant suffered a data breach incident after a third party offered a database containing the contact information on some 1.5 million customers for sale.
The attackers offered the entire package at $100,000, and also the information about security vulnerabilities in Verizon’s Web site that permitted them to steal customer contact information, .
Verizon identified and remediated the security vulnerability and also informed the affected individuals.
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/crooks-steal-sell-verizon-enterprise-customer-data/
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"linkid": "verizonbusiness",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"