Hackers Accessed 850,000 Orange Belgium Customer Accounts

Orange SA’s Belgian business said that hackers gained access to data from 850,000 customer accounts, in the third major cyberattack targeting the French telecommunications firm this year.

The company detected that one of its IT systems had been compromised at the end of July, exposing data including customer names, phone numbers, SIM card and tariff details, according to a statement on Wednesday. No email addresses, passwords or bank details were accessed, it added.