MoviStar

Movistar the major Spanish telecommunications provider suffered a significant data breach in 2022 that impacted approximately 13 million customers. The incident involved unauthorized access to internal systems resulting in the exposure of sensitive personal information. The leaked data includes full names and mobile phone numbers along with email addresses and government identification details. Additionally residential city information and birth dates were part of the exposed records. This breach represents a major privacy failure for one of the largest mobile operators in Europe potentially exposing millions of citizens to phishing and identity theft risks.