Error puts data on 30 million German phone users on Internet

October 11, 2008 The logo of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom

The logo of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom. Confidential data on 30 million German phone users could be consulted on the Internet as a result of an error until the phone company locked access, a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom said Saturday.

Confidential data on 30 million German phone users could be consulted on the Internet as a result of an error until the phone company locked access, a spokesman for Deutsche Telekom said Saturday.

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