Personal Data Breach
Our SMS service provider, SMS Teknik, recently experienced a data breach. For a few minutes, parts of their SMS traffic were copied by an external party for extortion purposes. SMS Teknik has thoroughly investigated the incident and concluded that only 100 out of a total of 70 million sent SMS messages were copied. However, it is not possible to determine exactly which messages were affected.
AF Bostäder is a small customer of SMS Teknik. At the time of the incident, we accounted for approximately 0.025% of their traffic. It is therefore unlikely that any of our SMS messages were among the 100 that were copied, although this cannot be completely ruled out.
AF Bostäder uses the SMS service for customer communication, such as sending one-time codes for signing contracts or notifications that information is available on the website or via separate emails. The only personal data involved is the recipient's mobile number.
Both SMS Teknik and AF Bostäder have reported the incident to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsmyndigheten) in accordance with the relevant regulations.
Please feel free to review the information on SMS Teknik's website.
If you have any questions, please contact Rental Manager Claes Hjortronsteen at claes.hjortronsteen@afbostader.se.