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Case study · Telecommunications

Telecommunications — Stolen user correspondence traded

ACID detected an attempt to trade in confidential information stolen from a telecommunications company. The perpetrator stole the information from the company’s engineering network, and offered private correspondence of individual users, identified by their telephone number, for sale.

ACID alerted the company in real time, providing all available details, and continued monitoring the incident to collect additional data and update the client. With the information provided by ACID, the company was able to take immediate action to mitigate the consequences of the attack.

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What was being traded?

Confidential information stolen from the company’s engineering network, including private correspondence of individual users identified by their telephone number.

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