EGREGIOUS ERROR: Vodafone inadvertently gave British police the mobile phone records of 1,700 people working for News UK when the request was for the call records of just one News UK journalist, The Times reported.
LONDON: Telecoms giant Vodafone gave British police the mobile phone records of 1,700 people working for News UK, the company that publishes several top British newspapers, The Times reported.
The Times, owned by News UK, said staff had been informed of the breach by chief executive Mark Darcey.
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