Brit telco Brsk confirms breach as bidding begins for 230K+ customer records

British telco Brsk is investigating claims that it was attacked by cybercriminals who made off with more than 230,000 files.

An advert posted to a cybercrime forum last week claimed to list 230,105 records stolen from the telco, with interested parties invited to bid for access to the data via Telegram.

According to the advert, the stolen data includes customers' full names, email and home addresses, installation details, location data, phone numbers, and indicators of whether they are considered a vulnerable person.

The Register asked Brsk to confirm the veracity of the advert, but it did not respond.

However, a company statement issued to ISP Review confirmed a database breach, with affected customers being offered fraud protection services.

A spokesperson said: "Brsk is investigating an incident involving unauthorized access to one of our customer database systems. We have established that the information involved is limited to basic customer ...