Verizon Enterprise Solutions, the B2B division of the telecommunications company that caters to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies, which offers services including helping those organizations respond to data breaches, has experienced a massive data breach of its own, reports Krebs on Security.
“Earlier this week, a prominent member of a closely guarded underground cybercrime forum posted a new thread advertising the sale of a database containing the contact information on some 1.5 million customers of Verizon Enterprise,” Krebs on Security writes. “The seller priced the entire package at $100,000, but also offered to sell it off in chunks of 100,000 records for $10,000 apiece. Buyers also were offered the option to purchase information about security vulnerabilities in Verizon’s website.”
At the time of this writing it is unknown which specific Verizon Enterprise Solutions customers had their data breached in the hack, but Verizon has confirmed that it is in the process of contacting affected customers. However, given that Verizon boasts that 99% of Fortune 500 companies use Verizon Enterprise Solutions, it could be expected that some very big names have had their data stolen. For the full article click here
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