Spain’s Telefonica investigates a major hack of Movistar Customer Records

A CYBERHACKER named ‘Dedale’ has accessed Movistar’s customer record base which has 22 million names and details.

Telefonica, Movistar’s parent company and the Spanish telecom giant, is investigating.

As proof, the hacker leaked a database containing information on a million customers.

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It is believed that the leak was a result of data on Peruvian users, but it’s not ruled out that other countries in which Telefonica operates may have been affected. This includes Spain.

HackManac revealed the Movistar hack via X, a social networking site.

It says the data includes ‘confidential details such as full names, national identification numbers (DNI), mobile phone numbers, service plans and status updates’.

Despite the potential wide-ranging hack, ‘Dedale’ is asking for a payment of just €1,500 US dollars to shut it down- massively lower than the millions usually demanded in similar situations.