Sometime in 2013, the Pakistani mobile communications company Mobilink Pakistan suffered a data breach that impacted 44 million customers. The attack led to the exposure of data including Full names, Physical addresses, Mobile Serial Numbers, Pakistani CNIC ID number, Phone IMEI details and Phone Numbers.
Compromised data: Full names, Physical addresses, Mobile Serial Numbers, Pakistani CNIC ID number, Phone IMEI details, Phone Numbers
Null,Name,Address1,Address2,City,MSN,CNIC,Status,IMEI,Tel,Date,Code
MSN: Mobile Serial Number, also referred to as serial number (SN); is a 10-digit number. It is required for each SIM card capable device.
CNIC: Every Pakistani registered with the Government of Pakistan has a national identity card number. CNICs can be obtained from NADRA offices and each CNIC is made up of a different set of 13 digits. All of these digits are not merely there in a random order. They carry important details about the card holder. The first digit reveals the province a person belongs to. (1 = KP, 2 = erstwhile FATA, 3 = Punjab, 4 = Sindh, 5= Balochistan, 6 = Islamabad) The second digit tells your division, third represents the district, fourth the tehsil and the fifth shows the union council of the person. The next seven are random. The last one tells the person’s gender. Men are assigned odd numbers, while women even numbers.
IMEI: International Mobile Equipment Identity; a factory-installed unique serial number that identifies each unit or line of service under GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) specifications. It is a 15 digit number and is used on non-SIM card capable devices. Motorola phones only have 14 digits so add the number 0 at the end.