French telecom firm Bouygues says data breach affects 6.4M customers

French telecommunications company Bouygues Telecom was recently targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in the personal information of millions of customers getting compromised.

Bouygues is one of France’s largest telecom companies. According to its website, it has nearly 27 million mobile service customers.

The company discovered the cyberattack on August 4 and an investigation showed that the hackers gained access to information associated with some customers’ accounts, including contact details, contract data, and bank account numbers (IBAN). Both individuals and companies are impacted.

Read more at Security Week