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Alarms maker Verisure flags data breach at partner
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 17, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on October 17, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Verisure reports a data breach involving an external partner, affecting Alert Alarm customers in Sweden. Investigation is ongoing.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish alarms maker Verisure said on Friday it had recently detected unauthorised third-party access concerning data stored with an external billing partner’s system.
Shares in the security group, which was listed on the Stockholm bourse on October 8, were down 4% at 1152 GMT.
Verisure said in a statement that the breach affected its brand Alert Alarm, which currently has fewer than 6,000 customers.
Verisure said its investigation had so far found that the affected data was limited to names, addresses, email addresses, and social security numbers of around 35,000 current and former Alert Alarm customers in Sweden.
"We continue to work with expert advisors and have notified both the police and the relevant authority," it said.
Verisure added that there was so far no evidence of compromise within its own network or systems.
(Reporting by Anna Ringstrom and Louise Rasmussen, editing by Stine Jacobsen and Louise Heavens)
A data breach is an incident where unauthorized individuals gain access to sensitive, protected, or confidential data. This can lead to data theft, loss of privacy, and financial harm to individuals and organizations.
Cybersecurity measures are practices and technologies implemented to protect systems, networks, and data from cyber threats, including unauthorized access, attacks, and damage.
Customer data refers to any information collected from customers, including personal details like names, addresses, and financial information, which businesses use for various purposes.
An investigation in the context of data breaches involves examining the circumstances surrounding the breach, identifying the cause, and determining the extent of the data compromised.
The impact of a data breach on customers can include identity theft, financial loss, and a loss of trust in the affected organization, leading to potential long-term consequences.
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