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Alleged AI-Powered Call Center Breach Exposes Over 10 Million Conversations in the Middle East

October 8, 2024

An AI-powered call center platform in the Middle East has reportedly suffered a significant data breach, potentially exposing over 10 million conversations between consumers, operators, and AI agents. According to reports, attackers gained unauthorized access to the platform's management dashboard, allegedly stealing sensitive information such as national ID documents. The breach poses potential risks including phishing, identity theft, and social engineering attacks. Stolen data has reportedly been listed for sale on the dark web.

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Alleged deployer
cybercriminals
Alleged developer
unnamed-ai-call-center-platform-provider
Alleged harmed parties
enterprise-clients, end-users-of-undisclosed-middle-eastern-ai-powered-cloud-call-center-platform

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