Verizon says security breach leads to customer data leak


  • TECH
  • Friday, 25 Mar 2016

Divesting: Verizon initially explored a sale of a larger portion of its enterprise business, including the former MCI assets, but could not reach an agreement with a buyer.

Verizon Communications Inc said an attacker had exploited a security vulnerability on its enterprise client portal to steal contact information of a number of customers. 

The company said the attacker however did not gain access to Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) or other data. 

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