Singapore’s Singtel says personal information of 1,29,000 users stolen in data breach

Singapore: Personal information of about 1,29,000 customers of Singapore’s leading telecom company Singtel has been stolen after a recent data breach of a third-party file sharing system, the company said.

Singtel, an associate of Bharti Airtel, has completed initial investigations into the breach and established which files on the Accellion file transfer appliance (FTA) were accessed illegally, reported Channel News Asia on Wednesday, citing the company’s news release.