Vianet Data Breach

What happened

In April 2020, the Nepalese internet service provider Vianet suffered a data breach. The attack on the ISP led to the exposure of 177k customer records including 94k unique email addresses. Also exposed were names, phone numbers and physical addresses.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Vianet — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
• Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.