{"id":113107,"date":"2014-10-29T16:07:55","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T14:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=113107"},"modified":"2014-10-29T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T14:10:11","slug":"vodacom-number-leak-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/113107-vodacom-number-leak-update.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom number leak update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has responded\u00a0to recent reports that it is <a title=\"Vodacom exposing your number to every website you visit\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/113037-vodacom-exposing-your-number-to-every-website-you-visit.html\">injecting subscriber information<\/a> in the data being sent to servers when a\u00a0web page is requested.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile network operator said it is still investigating the issue as a matter of urgency, but wanted to reassure its customers that their information is not being routinely shared with all websites.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today (Wednesday, 29 October 2014), MyBroadband reported that Vodacom was modifying the HTTP headers of users on its data network to inject information which any web server could read.<\/p>\n<p>Among the details included in the modified headers were subscriber phone numbers, and a number (IMEI\/SV) that could be used to uniquely identify a subscriber\u2019s device.<\/p>\n<p>However, Vodacom said that this information was not being shared with all websites, nor was it intended to be shared with all web servers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHeader enrichment is not our default operation,\u201d Vodacom said. \u201cWe use it for a select number of Vodacom and trusted third-party services, such as charge-to-bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom will provide a further update once its\u00a0investigation is complete, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More information security news<\/h3>\n<p><a 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