Either way if you are a Verizon customer do not wait to contact the company but rather be proactive in calling them so you can know that your data is safe. However if you were effected please be sure to monitor all your sensitive information to see if any anomalies are prevalent in any or your critical information. Again, if you feel your data was compromised you can contact me to see if this was the case in order to mitigate the chance of people garnering your info for nefarious purposes as I have the DOX
Now for the article.....
Updated on December 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET: Verizon spokesperson Alberto Canal told ZDNet in an emailed statement: "We have examined the posted data and we have confirmed that it is not Verizon Wireless customer data. Our systems have not been hacked."
The hacker said in a later tweet the data likely belongs to Verizon FiOS fiber customers, rather than Verizon Wireless cellular customers. We've updated the post to reflect these changes. We've put in more questions to Verizon and will update again once we hear back.
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A hacker has posted around 300,000 database entries of Verizon customers to the Web, after exploiting a vulnerability in the cellular giant's network.
This file is still floating around the Internet so for those who use Verizon please contact the company and make sure that you have not been compromised and do whatever necessary to mitigate the chance of people garnering your info for nefarious purposes. I have access to the names that were obtained due to the breach or so called breach so if you feel you have been compromised contact me and I will let you know if your name is on the DOX. Article below.
The hacker, going by the name @TibitXimer on Twitter, told ZDNet earlier this evening that the hack was carried out earlier this year on July 12, which allowed him to gain root access to the server holding the customer data. Tibit gained access to a server with little difficulty after working with another hacker to identify the security flaw.
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Tibit downloaded more than 3 million customer entries from Verizon's database, including names, addresses, mobile serial numbers, the opening date of each account, and account passwords. However, he said that figure was an estimate and had "no clue" exactly how many records there were, and that it was a "low estimate based on the size of one record and the size of all the files."
A fraction of the downloaded data has been published to code-sharing site Pastebin after Verizon failed to fix the vulnerability in its network, Tibit said, noting that the data was stored in plain text and did not require decryption.
(Update on December 23 at 8:10 a.m. ET: The Pastebin link no longer works, though the cache of data remains in wide circulation around the Web.)
The hacker said that after he informed Verizon of the exploit, the company "ignored my report," and did not comment.
read more..........http://www.zdnet.com/hacker-verizon-duel-over-customer-record-claims-7000009151/
Now for the article.....
Updated on December 22 at 8:00 p.m. ET: Verizon spokesperson Alberto Canal told ZDNet in an emailed statement: "We have examined the posted data and we have confirmed that it is not Verizon Wireless customer data. Our systems have not been hacked."
The hacker said in a later tweet the data likely belongs to Verizon FiOS fiber customers, rather than Verizon Wireless cellular customers. We've updated the post to reflect these changes. We've put in more questions to Verizon and will update again once we hear back.
- - -
A hacker has posted around 300,000 database entries of Verizon customers to the Web, after exploiting a vulnerability in the cellular giant's network.
This file is still floating around the Internet so for those who use Verizon please contact the company and make sure that you have not been compromised and do whatever necessary to mitigate the chance of people garnering your info for nefarious purposes. I have access to the names that were obtained due to the breach or so called breach so if you feel you have been compromised contact me and I will let you know if your name is on the DOX. Article below.
The hacker, going by the name @TibitXimer on Twitter, told ZDNet earlier this evening that the hack was carried out earlier this year on July 12, which allowed him to gain root access to the server holding the customer data. Tibit gained access to a server with little difficulty after working with another hacker to identify the security flaw.
Read this
2012: Looking back at the major hacks, leaks and data breaches
Read more
Tibit downloaded more than 3 million customer entries from Verizon's database, including names, addresses, mobile serial numbers, the opening date of each account, and account passwords. However, he said that figure was an estimate and had "no clue" exactly how many records there were, and that it was a "low estimate based on the size of one record and the size of all the files."
A fraction of the downloaded data has been published to code-sharing site Pastebin after Verizon failed to fix the vulnerability in its network, Tibit said, noting that the data was stored in plain text and did not require decryption.
(Update on December 23 at 8:10 a.m. ET: The Pastebin link no longer works, though the cache of data remains in wide circulation around the Web.)
The hacker said that after he informed Verizon of the exploit, the company "ignored my report," and did not comment.
read more..........http://www.zdnet.com/hacker-verizon-duel-over-customer-record-claims-7000009151/