KPN: e-mail accounts Saturday accessible again – update

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KPN is going to two million Kpnmail-, HetNet and Planet-mailacounts to say that in the course of Saturday, once again reachable. Customers are given instructions on how their password should change. The Opta start an investigation into the hack.

“The e-mail accounts of KPN are from 9.00 hours to live”, wrote KPN initially, but an update is needed to the provider to admit that this time is too optimistic and that the company, additional checks are wanted to perform because of the large amount of accounts that are concerned. Now speak to the company therefore in the course of the day.” Customers with a Kpnmail-, HetNet and Planet-mailacount get per mail an explanation on how their password can reset and they can also via kpn.com their password change.

Friday afternoon were the details of 539 KPN customers with address, city of residence, telephone number, user names and passwords on the internet. The data is probably captured during a hack, KPN Wednesday announced. Initially spoke to KPN against that customer data were stolen. Now, says the group, however: “We cannot exclude the possibility that the data of even more customers in the hands of third-party cases.”

Friday switched KPN, the outgoing mail is already in, so that customers have mail to send. The telephone company recommends that users their password is also not more to use for other internet services. Appeared on the internet reports that people with published passwords could log in to Facebook and Marketplace. “Who log in, risking two years in prison, and those who change any of the data would risk four years in prison”, said Wim de Bruin, officer of the National public prosecutor, against Nu.nl.

Update, 11.20: The regulator for the telecoms market, Opta is investigating the hack, KPN. “The investigation will show whether or not KPN enough measures have been taken to ensure that the security,” says a spokesman of Opta against the NIS.