Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-07-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: MTN Irancell
Affected country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Law enforcers in Iran arrest a 19-year-old IT graduate for leaking personal data belonging to 20m 'MTN Irancell' customers in an elaborate scheme orchestrated with the help of the smartphone application Telegram. The database was allegedly stolen 3 years ago.