Mar 06, 2020 · A customer database left unsecured online by Virgin Media contained details linking some customers to pornography and explicit websites. The researchers who first discovered the database told the BBC that it contained more information than Virgin Media suggested. Such details could be used by cyber-criminals to extort victims.
Virgin Media could be fined over the breach, according to security experts, due to the failures in securing the database. “This is cyber security 101,” said one engineer. Aug 26, 2014 · Virgin Media blocked porn sites? Okay, so I'm 13 and a girl and I'm a bit embarrassed to say this but like every teenager masturbation is pretty inevitable. I view porn on occasion (probably every 3 weeks to a month, maybe longer) and tonight when I wanted to view it on my iPad mini i get a message from Virgin Media saying Web Safe has blocked Mar 06, 2020 · Virgin Media blamed the breach on an "incorrectly configured" marketing database, which allowed unauthorised access to the details. It added that "protecting our customers' data is a top priority". But TurgenSec said its researchers discovered evidence of a "systematic assurance process failure" in the way Virgin monitored system configurations. Virgin Media: 20 May 2016: 20 May 2016: Imgur: imgur.com Image hosting: Technical fault: Virgin Media: 15 July 2019: 15 July 2019: Court ordered implementations
Mar 27, 2020 · Virgin Media could be forced to pay up to £4.5billion to customers whose personal data was published online - including details of porn sites accessed, a law firm says.
Virgin Media set to supercharge UK broadband speeds Researchers have also claimed that the information held on the database could link customers to pornography and other explicit websites.
Virgin Media said the database did not “provide information as to what, if anything, was viewed” by affected customers. The company said almost all of those affected were Virgin customers with television or fixed-line telephone accounts, although the database also included some Virgin Mobile customers as well as potential customers referred
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