Movistar Perú Data Breach Impacts 4 Million Users

Key points

• Nearly 4 million users affected.
• Exposed data included names, phone numbers, national IDs, birth dates, and telecom plan details.
• Increased risk of phishing, identity theft, and SIM-swapping fraud.

This analysis groups the signal by industry, likely incident action and impacted security area. It helps compare this signal with other published signals without treating the labels as final determinations.

Affected organization

Movistar

Sector: Information

Likely country: Location not provided

Estimated

Threat source

Social activity

Watch phishing, executive impersonation and account-takeover exposure.

• Source type: outside the affected organization

Business impact

Potential fraud or account takeover risk

Impact area: Confidentiality

Likely asset: User or customer data

Trend context

4 signals with similar action pattern

• 26 signals in the same sector
• 90 signals with the same likely impact area
• 1 signal linked to this organization/domain

Mentioned entities

MovistarData DisclosureMovistar PerMillion Users Movistar PerIDsSIM-swappingNearlyExposedIncreased

External sources

• Major Cyber Attacks, Data Breaches, Ransomware Attacks in April 2026https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/major-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-in-april-2026Public source from cm-alliance.com.
• Major Cyber Attacks, Data Breaches, Ransomware Attacks in April 2026https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/major-cyber-attacks-data-breaches-ransomware-attacks-in-april-2026Public source from cm-alliance.com.

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