- American telecom provider iBasis has become a victim of a hacker attack.
- Now the data it processes can be misused by Swisscom, Sunrise or Salt.
- Swisscom and Sunrise are aware of the incident and are checking to see if their customers have been affected.
“We are aware of a ransomware attack on iBaesys,” Swisscom spokeswoman Sabrina Hubacher said Sunday evening, at the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency, confirming a report in Le Tan daily.
Hubacher said Swisscom does not have a direct business relationship with iBasis, apart from roaming connections through operators that can use iBasis as a data carrier.
The Swiss provider is in close contact with its partners to verify whether or not Swisscom customer data will be affected.
The sunrise expresses itself the same
Switzerland’s second largest telecom operator also said it would work with iBasis in areas such as international calls. Rolf Siebold, a spokesman for Sunrise, told SDA that it was still being investigated whether customer data was affected. Salt has not yet responded to any inquiries.
Legend:
The cyber attack has temporarily released information about the communications of these providers’ clients on the dark web, writes “Le Temps”.
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According to “Le Temps”, the hacker attack in the United States severely affected Swisscom, Sunrise UPC and Salt. iBasis is a company unknown to the general public, providing international services to hundreds of telecom operators around the world. The cyber attack has temporarily released information from service providers’ customers on the dark web, writes “Le Temps.”
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