Telecom Employee and Others Arrested Over Online Sale of Customer Data

A telecommunications company employee and others have been arrested over allegations that they leaked customer data and sold it online.

The case involved monitoring by the General Department for Combating Information Technology Crimes, part of the Communications Systems and Information Technology Sector, in coordination with the Public Security Sector.

The alleged activity involved making customers’ information available for sale over the internet. The supplied account did not specify what types of data were exposed.

The telecommunications company was not identified, and no names or total number of suspects were provided.

Further details about the scale of the alleged leak, the customers affected and the legal proceedings were not included in the brief account.