Data belonging 44 Million Pakistani mobile users leaked online

A threat actor is offering a database apparently belonging to Pakistan’s leading telecom service, it includes data of 44 Million Pakistani mobile users.

The threat actor is leaking the database of Pakistan’s leading telecom service Mobilink’s (now @jazzpk).

The database contains personally-identifiable and subscription information for 44,000,000 Pakistanis, including customer full names, home addresses (city, region, street name), National identification (CNIC) numbers, mobile phone numbers, landline numbers, and dates of subscription.

It seems that the huge trove of data was the result of a data breach that took place in 2017, the oldest entries are dated back as 2013.

Last month, a hacker offered for sale a dump containing 115 Million Pakistani mobile user records for over $2 million worth of bitcoin.

The dump was discovered by a Dubai-based cybersecurity firm Rewterz (@rewterz) that confirmed its authenticity and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is investigating the matter.

Experts at ZDNet have obtained a copy of the dump containing 44 Million records determined that it is part of 115 Million data dump.

The dump also includes information for Pakistani companies.

At the time it is not possible to determine if the dump has been stolen from Jazz servers, it is possible that hackers breached the systems of one of its business partners or a government organization.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – Pakistani mobile users, hacking)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.