Frontier Communications revealed that the private information of more than 750,000 customers — including full names and Social Security numbers — was exposed in a data breach following a cyberattack on April 14. The hackers claim they have more and will release it unless Frontier pays a ransom.
The attack enabled hackers to access the personal data of 751,895 customers on Frontier systems, according to a sample Frontier notice. It was filed with the Maine Attorney General’s Office. It has boundaries Notify affected customers It provided them with free credit monitoring and identity theft services for one year, but says it “doesn’t believe” customers’ financial information was exposed in the breach.
Sleeping computer Stating that RansomHub extortion group It claimed responsibility for the attack on June 4th and is threatening to leak 5GB of customer data it allegedly stole unless Frontier responds to their demands by June 14th. The group claims the stolen data set contains information belonging to 2 million Frontier customers, including full name, physical address, date of birth, Social Security number, email address, credit score, and phone number.
Frontier says it enhanced its network security after the attack and notified regulatory authorities and law enforcement. a Deposit of securities He reveals that the company had to shut down some of its systems to contain the incident.
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