UK ISP and telecom provider Virgin Media has confirmed on Thursday that one of its unsecured marketing databases had been accessed by on at least one occasion without permission (though the extent of the access is still unknown).
The database, containing contact and service details of approximately 900,000 customers, was not technically breached.
“The incident did not occur due to a hack but as a result of the database being incorrectly configured,” Virgin media said. Access to it was not secured and the database was accessible online for 10 months.
