Matthew Devlin, 25, from Halifax, Yorkshire, used details of when customers were due a mobile phone upgrade to target them with services offered by his own telecoms companies, databreaches.net reports.
He had impersonated a member of Everything Everywhere’s (EE) security team during calls and emails to the phone company, in an attempt to obtain passwords and login details to their customer database. He succeeded on one occasion, and was able to access the records of 1,066 customers.
Devlin, a director of three marketing and telecoms companies, appeared before Calderdale Magistrates’ Court today. He was fined £500, plus £438.63 costs and an £50 victim surcharge.
