Orange Belgium has revealed that one of its IT systems was hacked in July 2025 last, resulting in outside access to limited data from 850,000 customer accounts.
The communications operator went on to emphasise that critical information was not compromised.
In July, a hacker gained access to a system containing names, telephone numbers, SIM numbers, PUK codes and customer tariff information.
Orange Belgium stated passwords, email addresses and financial data had not been compromised.
“As soon as the incident was discovered, our teams blocked access to the affected system and strengthened our security measures”, the company added, noting it alerted “relevant authorities and filed an official complaint with the judicial authorities”.
The operator is contacting impacted customers and set-up a specific web page explaining what was accessed, how it responded and providing security advice.
It cautioned the data exposed could be used for phishing attacks with criminals potentially posing as Orange or a third-party business, so warned users to stay vigilant to such attempts.
Orange noted due to the ongoing investigation and to “protect the privacy of those involved”, it would not release further details.
Source: Mobile World Live
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