Ericsson US vendor hack exposes data of more than 15,000 people
Ericsson's US subsidiary suffered a data breach linked to the hacking of a third-party service provider. Personally identifiable information and personal health information of more than 15,000 people were exposed, including customer and employee information. Ericsson's US subsidiary disclosed and confirmed the breach.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Ericsson US
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personally identifiable information and personal health information of more than 15,000 people
- Cause / method
- Hacking of a third-party service provider
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- A data breach at Ericsson's US subsidiary linked to the hacking of a third-party service provider, affecting more than 15,000 people, came to light.
- Reports followed of Ericsson's US subsidiary confirming the breach and of customer and employee information being affected.
- Further reports emerged of the data breach at Ericsson's US subsidiary resulting from the hacking of a partner company.
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