The association between the SIM ID, phone numbers, and real names is worrying and could enable very targeted frauds, such as phishing attacks addressing people by name or to re-associate phone numbers with a real person.
The existence of the exploit was first reported last week by vx-underground, which said it was released by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, a new fluid alliance formed by Scattered Spider and ShinyHunters.
A former Afghan interpreter exposed in a catastrophic Ministry of Defence (MoD) data breach has had his offer of relocation to the UK revoked despite waiting for two years in Pakistan.
Bouygues Telecom has confirmed a data breach exposing personal data of 6.4 million customers, affecting contact details and contractual information, but no bank card numbers or passwords were compromised.