Two hackers who used Vodafone client accounts to brand fraudulent mobile payments are already inward prison theater inward the Czech Republic.
According to the Czech press, hackers gained access to other people's accounts who were using elementary passwords. Due to this fact, hackers easily activated SIM-cards too used them to mail paid SMS to gambling services.
The full impairment amounted to nearly $30 chiliad dollars. One of the attackers got 2 years inward prison, the other three.
Meanwhile, Vodafone believes that customers who guide keep used weak passwords such every bit 1234 or QWERTY should compensate for the damage.
The victims claimed that they did non know anything nearly passwords too the online store selling Vodafone services. According to them, the Vodafone employees laid a password afterwards their buy inward the shop.
"On the ane hand, Vodafone's position inward something tin move hold out understood: if the users themselves create non desire to guide keep help of their safety fifty-fifty at the most basic level, too thence they need to bargain amongst the consequences," says Oleg Galushkin, Director of data safety at SEC Consult Services. - On the other hand, it's mistake of Vodafone. The weak protection of the portal My Vodafone tin move hold out the crusade of the incident."
According to the Czech press, hackers gained access to other people's accounts who were using elementary passwords. Due to this fact, hackers easily activated SIM-cards too used them to mail paid SMS to gambling services.
The full impairment amounted to nearly $30 chiliad dollars. One of the attackers got 2 years inward prison, the other three.
Meanwhile, Vodafone believes that customers who guide keep used weak passwords such every bit 1234 or QWERTY should compensate for the damage.
The victims claimed that they did non know anything nearly passwords too the online store selling Vodafone services. According to them, the Vodafone employees laid a password afterwards their buy inward the shop.
"On the ane hand, Vodafone's position inward something tin move hold out understood: if the users themselves create non desire to guide keep help of their safety fifty-fifty at the most basic level, too thence they need to bargain amongst the consequences," says Oleg Galushkin, Director of data safety at SEC Consult Services. - On the other hand, it's mistake of Vodafone. The weak protection of the portal My Vodafone tin move hold out the crusade of the incident."
