Odido suffers cyberattack, customer data leaked

Investing.com – Dutch telecommunications group Odido reported on Thursday that the company suffered a cyberattack resulting in a data breach, but its services remain operational.

The mobile network operator, owned by private equity firms Apax Partners and Warburg Pincus, stated in a release that it responded to the incident as quickly as possible and reported the data breach to the Personal Data Authority.

According to the company, passwords, call records, and billing data were not among the compromised information. Odido plans to notify affected customers within 48 hours, “due to the large number of impacted individuals.” The company did not specify how many customers were affected by the data breach.

This incident occurred after another cyberattack reported by the European Commission on February 5, which may have accessed its central mobile infrastructure. That attack potentially allowed hackers to obtain some employee names and phone numbers.

In its statement on February 5, the European Commission noted: “As Europe faces daily cyber and hybrid attacks targeting essential services and democratic institutions, the Commission is committed to further strengthening the EU’s cyber resilience and capabilities.”

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