At the beginning of July, there was a hacker attack on Netia - one of the telecommunication operators. The result of breaking into the Netia's web servers was the theft and publicizing of customers and users data from forms on the Netia's website. 

Netia started warning customers whose data were stolen and made public online. 

What happens to the stolen personal details of customers? 

Data can be sold to direct marketing companies. From now on, the victims of the theft can receive spam e-mails or what's more they can become victims of phishing. Data can also be used to impersonate a given person - here we remind about our article on the identity theft. 

Even though the passwords from Netia services were not stolen, the company encourages to change them. It is better to be safe than sorry. 

Netia  appeal  to be particularly careful when receiving texts and e-mails, especially the ones that contain the links to Internet services.