Fraudsters targeting Virgin Media data leak victims

Fraudsters targeting Virgin Media data leak victims has been a real concern over the last few years since the personal information of some 900,000 people was exposed in this incident.

Contrary to what a lot of people may believe, fraudsters actually only need a little bit of personal information and they could try to contact you to commit fraud and scams. They are clever at what they do, and they know the ways in which they can dupe people into believing that they are legitimate agents from a real organisation, so people need to be wary at all times.

If you were a victim of this breach and you have yet to claim, find out if you are still in time to pursue a legal case as soon as you can here now.

Fraudsters targeting Virgin Media data leak victims: how could it happen?

Fraudsters targeting Virgin Media data leak victims is something that those who were affected by this breach need to be wary of. Some 900,000 people were affected in this data breach, where personal contact information was exposed as a result of an incorrect configuration of a database. The information was left exposed for a period of 10 months and was only identified by a third-party security researcher.

Quite often, companies are quick to confirm that no financial information (or what they consider to be sensitive data) has been affected in a data breach. This happened in the Virgin Media data leak, but that does not mean that there can be no instances of fraudsters targeting Virgin Media data leak victims. In fact, fraudsters targeting Virgin Media data breach victims to potentially steal a lot of money from them can still be easily done.

All a fraudster needs is a little bit of information about you and they could try to trick you into you believing that they are a real representative of a legitimate organisation. They could contact victims of the Virgin Media data breach and confirm they are calling from Virgin Media and, because they have their actual information, they could try to trick them into believing they are real. They may then dupe people into handing over additional information or, perhaps, even access to computers. They could then use these tactics to scam people and commit fraud.

This happened after the infamous TalkTalk cyberattack that took place in 2015. We helped people who were contacted by fraudsters who used their real information to trick them into thinking that they were representatives from TalkTalk contacting them to resolve complaints and issues. They required remote access to devices (which can be quite common to resolve issues) and then they tricked people into logging into their online bank accounts when the victims did not realise that the fraudsters were still watching them. Some people lost thousands of pounds as a result of this, so people do need to be wary even when just personal information is affected by a data leak.

Taking legal action for the victims affected

We are taking action for those who have been affected by the Virgin Media data breach and we have been doing since news of the incident hit the headlines way back at the start of 2020.

We now represent thousands of people who were affected by this data breach and we are helping them in their fight for justice on a No Win, No Fee basis. We believe that victims could be eligible to claim thousands of pounds by pursuing damages for distress that has been caused by the loss of control of their personal information. Whilst the victim does not need to have lost anything financially to be able to claim, this can be considered if this is a factor. In most cases, people will claim just for the distress alone.

Find out if you are still in time to claim now

We are now several years on from the start of the Virgin Media data leak, so there are no guarantees in respect of anybody who may want to claim with us now.

What you should do is complete the forms on our website here now as quickly as you can and we can vet your case and confirm if we can still help you.

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