Aura voice phishing exposes about 900,000 marketing contacts
At security firm Aura, an employee account was taken over for about an hour through voice phishing, and about 900,000 marketing contacts were stolen. The stolen data included names and email addresses. The company confirmed the breach and said Social Security numbers, passwords and financial information were not compromised.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Aura
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About 900,000 marketing contacts including names and email addresses
- Cause / method
- Employee account taken over for about an hour via voice phishing
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Aura confirmed the leak of about 900,000 marketing contacts.
- Details emerged of how an employee account was taken over through voice phishing, along with the company's statement that Social Security numbers, passwords and financial information were not compromised.
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