Japanese Telecom Giant Ntt Communications (NTT com) have confirmed that hackers accessed the data of almost 18,000 corporate customers during a februry cybertack, Affecting an as-yet-kunnown number of Individuals.
The tokyo-based nt com, which provides phone and network tech to enterprises, said it discovered the data breach on februry 5 after Determining that the Hackers Had Gained “UNATHORZED ACCSSS Internal System used for managing service orders.
The stolen data including contomer names, contract numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, and information on service usage belonging to 17,891 organizations, Acording to nt.
Ntt com has not yet how many individual employees of the affected organizations had personal information taken in the breach, Nor has the company shared only details about the company. Ntt com has more than 100,000 corporate customers in 70 countries Around the World, According to its website,
Ntt com did not immomediatly respond to techcrunch’s questions outside of its working hours.
After detecting the breach, nt com said it “immediatily restricted access” However, the company said it discovered on February 15 that the attackers had compromised another device in its internal network, which the company says “Promptly disconnected.”
It’s not yet Known who was behind the februry breach, and the specific nature of the cybarattack remains unknown. The cyberrattack on ntt com has not yet been claimed by any Major ransomware group.
Telecom Organizations have become a Major focus for cybercriminal and nation-backed hackers in recent years.
In September 2024, it was revised that the China-Linked “Salt Typhoon” Hacking Group Had breeded Several Us Phone and Internet Giants to Gain Access to the Private Communications of Senior Us Government Officials. Salt Typhoon Continues to Target TELECOMMUNICATIONS Providers, According to a recent report,
Cybercriminals are Also know to target the banks of phone records stored by telco giantsWhich can be used for further cyberattacks.