Post by Chris Miller on Dec 22, 2012 22:45:18 GMT -5
From ZDNet today www.zdnet.com/exclusive-hacker-nabs-3m-verizon-customer-records-7000009151/
This would be a good time to change your FiOS account passwords. Even is this proves to be false, it wouldn't hurt.
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.
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.
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."
This would be a good time to change your FiOS account passwords. Even is this proves to be false, it wouldn't hurt.