Ericsson data breach affects 15k employees/customers after third-party service provider compromise
The types of data potentially exposed include: Names and addresses Social Security Numbers Driver’s licence or government-issued identification numbers Financial information, such as bank or card numbers Medical information and dates of birth Identity Protection Measures Offered Ericsson said the breach did not occur within its own systems but at a vendor responsible for storing certain employee and customer data. The company has not disclosed the identity of the service provider involved. At present, no cybercrime group has publicly claimed responsibility for the data breach. To assist those affected, Ericsson is offering complimentary identity protection services through IDX. These include credit monitoring, dark web monitoring, identity theft recovery assistance and a $1m identity fraud reimbursement policy for individuals who enrol by June 9.


