The Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) in Greece on Jan. 27 fined mobile phone operator Cosmote and its parent company OTE a total of 9.25 million euros (U.S. $10.6 million) for a data breach caused by a September 2020 cyberattack and for illegally processing customer data.
Cosmote was fined €6 million (U.S. $6.9 million) for failing to protect a file containing the call histories of thousands of customers from hackers, while OTE was penalized €3.25 million (U.S. $3.7 million) for failing to provide the necessary security infrastructure to prevent such an attack from happening. The HDPA announced the sanctions in English via press release Jan. 31.
