Singaporean telco leaked personal data of over 57,000 customers

Singapore pay TV, internet and mobile phone provider StarHub is in the process of notifying 57,191 customers via email that they are victims of a cyber attack that leaked national identity card numbers, mobile numbers and email addresses. An August 11th email notifying a customer of the leak was obtained by The Register and …

[Pascal Monett]

"the company suspects the stolen data file was found within a day"

No. The company feverishly hopes that the stolen data file was found within a day.

Sounds more like it. Besides, there is absolutely no way to prove that declaration anyway. File creation dates can be fiddled with.