Orange Romania
What was exposed
Email addressesPartial credit card dataPhone numbers
What to do if you were affected
- Watch your card and bank statements for unfamiliar charges, and consider requesting a new card number.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
Details
In February 2025, the Romanian arm of telecommunications company Orange suffered a data breach which was subsequently published to a popular hacking forum . The data included 556k email addresses (of which hundreds of thousands were in the form of [phone number]@as1.romtelecom.net), phone numbers, subscription details, partial credit card data (type, last 4 digits, expiration date and issuing bank). The breach also exposed an extensive number of internal documents.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Orange Romania data breach?
In February 2025, the Romanian arm of telecommunications company Orange suffered a data breach which was subsequently published to a popular hacking forum . The data included 556k email addresses (of which hundreds of thousands were in the form of [phone...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around February 2025.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 556,557 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Partial credit card data and Phone numbers.
What should I do if I was affected?
Watch your card and bank statements for unfamiliar charges, and consider requesting a new card number. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
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