Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Headline grabbing hacks such as Sony and Talk Talk previously had both personal and corporate data increasingly at risk as these companies failed to keep personal information secure. Last week, hackers stole contact information of business customers of Verizon’s B2B unit, Verizon Enterprise Solutions. Verizon’s B2B unit provides cybersecurity solutions and consulting to a majority of the Fortune 500 companies. It is popular for its annual Data Breach Investigations Report, also known as DBIR in the industry. Verizon said that an attacker exploited a security vulnerability in its enterprise client portal to steal the contact information of 1.5 million enterprise customers. Verizon’s B2B unit provides cybersecurity solutions and consulting to a majority of the Fortune 500 companies. It is popular for its annual Data Breach Investigations Report, also known as DBIR in the industry. KrebsOnSecurity, which first broke this news, reported that since Verizon Enterprise reportedly works with 99 percent of Fortune 500 companies, so many of those enterprises could find themselves the victims of targeted attacks or phishing scams. The post on KrebsOnSecurity finds Verizon admitting that it had identified a security flaw that had allowed hackers to gain access to customer contact information. The company said that that […]
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