D-Link breach exposes customer information

Attacker claims 3 million records stolen, D-Link says 700 inactive accounts affected

John Leonard
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D-Link breach exposes customer information
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D-Link breach exposes customer information

Taiwanese networking equipment vendor D-Link has confirmed a data breach that exposed personal information of customers and employees. The breach apparently occurred after a phishing attack led to an employee granting the attacker access to D-Link's internal network.

In a post on the dark web site BreachForums, the attacker claimed to have stolen 3 million customer records containing names, emails, addresses, phone numbers and login dates, including details of ...

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