MTN Group cyberattack leaks customer data
African telecom company MTN Group disclosed in April 2025 that customer information had been leaked in a cyberattack. MTN said its core infrastructure was secure, and 5,700 customers in Ghana were confirmed to have been affected. The attack was also accompanied by demands.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- MTN Group
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information of 5,700 customers in Ghana
- Cause / method
- External cyberattack
- Location
- Ghana
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Timeline
- MTN disclosed a cybersecurity incident and said its core infrastructure was secure.
- It was reported that MTN customer information had been compromised in a cyberattack.
- MTN Ghana confirmed that 5,700 customers had been affected by the data leak.
- The breach was reported to be a hack accompanied by demands.
Also affected by this incident
MTN Ghana data breach affects 5,700 customers
↳ Knock-on damage from the MTN Group incident · View original incident5.7KImpact: Data of 5,700 customers
A data breach at MTN Group affected 5,700 customers of MTN Ghana (Scancom PLC). MTN Ghana confirmed the number of affected customers on April 28, 2025.
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