Vodafone denies claim that ‘data of 20 million users leaked’

NEW DELHI: Multiple vulnerabilities in the system of telecom operator Vodafone Idea have exposed the call data records of around 20 million postpaid customers, cyber security research firm CyberX9 said in a report.
Vodafone Idea (Vi), however, said there was no data breach and potential vulnerability in its billing communication was immediately fixed after it learned about it.
According to the CyberX9 report, the vulnerability exposed postpaid customers’ call data records, comprising the time when a call was made, duration of call, location from which the call was made, customer’s full name and address, SMS details comprising contact number to which it was sent, among others.