DERRY company Bluebox Broadband has launched an investigation after the details of more than 3,000 of its customers or potential customers were published online by hackers.
The firm does not yet know who is responsible for the leak of names, email addresses and phone numbers.
Bluebox Broadband managing director Scott McClelland said it had strict data protection policies in place.
The company has contacted all of those it believes were affected by the breach and apologised to them, he added.
It has reported the hacking incident to the PSNI’s Cyber Crime Unit for investigation and the server was immediately shut down to prevent any further breaches.
A spokesperson from the Information Commissioner’s Office, which is responsible for upholding information rights, said it was aware of the incident and was making inquiries.
The details of Bluebox Broadband customers were published on an online notice board on Thursday.
The company said the information had been obtained from a server that had been used for registering online interest in the firm’s services.
No financial information was held on the server, Mr McClelland said.
The customers’ details have been removed from the website on which they were published.
“At Bluebox we have always taken security very seriously and this incident is the first time anything like this has ever occurred in the 10 years since we began providing internet services,” Mr McClelland said.
“While no significant customer information has been exposed, we will be working with independent experts to learn lessons and take all steps necessary to prevent anything like this happening in the future,” he added.
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