[News] Virgin Media hack

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Springal

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Feb 12, 2005

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #1

Heads up - looks like a marketing DB at Virgin Media has been hacked

https://www.virginmedia.com/help/data-incident/important-information

People should be on guard for email or phone phishing attacks from people portraying to be from Virgin Media

 

jonny.rainbow

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Oct 29, 2005

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #2

Thanks. Someone from Virgin Media was in touch earlier to let me know about this breach.

They checked my name, address, bank details and security password and confirmed my details were not within the database, so I’m not at risk.

 

Weststander

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #3

No problem here, as a Virgin Media rep from their Nigerian call centre has been helping me, kindly taking the time to call me first.

 

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LamieRobertson

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Feb 3, 2008

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #4

Weststander said:

No problem for me, as a Virgin Media rep from their Nigerian call centre has been helping me, kindly taking to time to call me first.

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Hey I wonder if that’s the same person who warned me my Amazon Prime was going up to £37.99 and the Inland Revenue had issued an arrest warrant....it all went away with my bank details...first class customer service

 

Guinness Boy

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #5

Great intel from the OP - thanks.

And heartening that the next two replies were essentially the same joke being typed at the same time.

Well played NSC.

 

Weststander

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #6

LamieRobertson said:

Hey I wonder if that’s the same person who warned me my Amazon Prime was going up to £37.99 and the Inland Revenue had issued an arrest warrant....it all went away with my bank details...first class customer service

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I’m still annoyed with the TV Licensing Authority. They emailed from their Romanian office, saying that my DD had failed. So I gave them my bank details again and the sods in error took all my savings. Utter incompetence.

 

BNthree

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Sep 14, 2016

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #7

Hardly a hack if it wasn't secured in the first place! Pretty shocking for a technology company.

 

bha100

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Aug 25, 2011

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9biM_ZfIdo

 

vegster

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May 5, 2008

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #9

I had someone with a strange accent call me earlier saying they were from Virgin Media,after giving them all my bank details it turns out that I am now paying far less than I was ! result !

 

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timbha

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Jul 5, 2003

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• Mar 5, 2020

• #10

email explanation received from Virgin tonight. "database was accessible from at least 19 April 2019 and the data was recently accessed".

Wonder how it was discovered, and what "at least" means - could it refer to many years before?