Hacker says he grabbed 3 million plain-text customer records from Verizon Wireless
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22 Comments
2. ckoch125 posted on 22 Dec 2012, 18:25 7 0
Verizon better get on this. They always preach about a secure network for phones yet can't keep their customers info private. Smh
5. Droid_X_Doug posted on 22 Dec 2012, 19:39 6 0
VZW had better get on this ASAP. No action after public notice generally falls under the category of willful and malicious disregard of customer data. Can we say class action lawsuit?
3. PhoneArenaUser posted on 22 Dec 2012, 19:06 5 3
Title says: "Hacker says he grabbed 3 million plain-text customer records from Verizon Wireless"
And at the bottom of article we can see: "Learn More about Verizon pre-owned phones (sponsored)"
Negative article about Verizon + Advertisement for Verizon = WTF???
I just don't know what to say. LOL! :D
6. MichaelHeller posted on 22 Dec 2012, 19:54 5 4
Keyword relevance doesn't always win, I guess
4. rb68 posted on 22 Dec 2012, 19:19 9 1
Verizon doesn't give a F*** about its customers or their info, just how much money can be sucked out of them each month. The lack of response shows the CYA attitude until someone can figure out how to monetize "better security".
7. uncskeet posted on 22 Dec 2012, 19:58 7 0
They better act, or I'm f****** leaving! Tired of their b.s.
21. uncskeet posted on 23 Dec 2012, 01:11 0 0
Oops! See it's the FiOS & Verizon so said its not their customers. Cool, but still they're out for money, but dammit, I need Americas best nationwide coverage as a trucker. Rock & a hard place.
8. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 22 Dec 2012, 20:04 0 2
verizon needs to pay this man or else someone with a "real" motive wont be so nice! smh its really a shame how companies can have their noses so high up in the air that they wont believe you when you are trying to help them out and save them from something bad...... if they dont respond to this man then i truly hope they get whats coming to them........i dont wish harm on the innocent customers but somthing must be done to bring their pride down to HUMAN LEVEL!
9. theBankRobber posted on 22 Dec 2012, 20:37 1 0
These big corps always do this, then when the attack happens they try to scramble to get it fixed. If a bomb threat is made, they evacuate the place to find it. When an online attack happens, the big corps play it off until exposed information is leaked and lawsuits start.
10. PhoneBone posted on 22 Dec 2012, 20:55 2 0
Phonearena....Do you guys research the stuff you post before you post it? While this is obviously a serious issue, it has nothing at all to do with Verizon Wireless. If you read the actual article that you link to, or check out the guys Twitter account that you mention, you would see that these are Verizon FIOS accounts and not Verizon Wireless mobile phone accounts.
Posting this on a site dedicated to phones will just get other people who don't actually read or research articles all worked up. The next thing you know, everyone starts freaking out at Verizon Wireless and calling up to complain. Verizon Wireless was not affected by this hacker.
15. networkdood posted on 22 Dec 2012, 22:38 1 0
actually, the original article was updated after p.a. did this article - so Michael just needs to update the story.
11. Cynipap999 (banned) posted on 22 Dec 2012, 21:04 1 0
Oh dear heavens, my true iDentity will be revealed.
13. -box- posted on 22 Dec 2012, 21:57 0 1
You get what you overpay for. There's something to be said for burner phones
17. greenrolaids posted on 22 Dec 2012, 22:42 0 0
just changed my verizon password.. YALL SHOULD TOO !
18. CRICKETownz posted on 22 Dec 2012, 22:44 0 0
So I wonder if the a-holes that left comments about Verizon WIRELESS & how they should get their s*** together actually feel stupid right about now lol. Sometimes it pays not to complain people...smh
20. Droid_X_Doug posted on 23 Dec 2012, 00:10 0 0
Not really (about feeling stupid). If PA would allow editing/updating of a post, I could simply change VZW to Verizon and my post would be completely relevant.
Hey PA, how about it (allowing a post author to edit their posts longer than 120 seconds after saving)?
19. belovedson posted on 23 Dec 2012, 00:09 0 0
verizon give us all a discount. 20 dollars off the next 10 years
22. networkdood posted on 23 Dec 2012, 16:15 0 0
If you read the original articles it is info on Verizon FioS customers, I believe.
