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Bell (2017 breach) data breach (2017)

In May 2017, the Bell telecommunications company in Canada suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of millions of customer records. The data was consequently leaked online with a message from the attacker stating that they were "releasing a significant portion of Bell.ca's data due to the…

Victim
Bell (2017 breach)
records
2.2M
SectorTelecom
CountryCanada

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2017-05-15, Bell (2017 breach) was affected by a data breach. Approximately 2,231,256 accounts were exposed. In May 2017, the Bell telecommunications company in Canada suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of millions of customer records. The data was consequently leaked online with a message from the attacker stating that they were "releasing a significant portion of Bell.ca's data due to the…

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Bell(2017breach)
  2. bell.cahttps://bell.ca

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