Vodafone Says Hackers Broke Into Nearly 2,000 Customer Accounts This Week

[Ron Burgundy]

Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. The attackers had potentially gained access to the victims' bank sort codes and the last four numbers of their bank accounts, along with their names and mobile telephone numbers, a Vodafone spokesman said. "This incident was driven by criminals using email addresses and passwords acquired from an unknown source external to Vodafone," he added in a statement.

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