FRANKFURT, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A hacker has gained access toone of Vodafone Germany's servers and has stolen thepersonal data of about 2 million customers, the company said onThursday.
The hacker had access to customers' names, addresses andbank account numbers, the group said, adding the person did notget any passwords, security numbers or connection data.
Vodafone said it was not possible that the data was of anyuse to the hacker. "It is hardly possible to use the data to getdirectly access to the bank accounts of those affected,"Vodafone said in a statement.
Privacy and personal data are sensitive issues in Germanydue partly to a history of heavy surveillance of citizens in theformer communist East and under Hitler's Nazis.
Vodafone warned its customers that with potential so-called "phishing" attacks or fake e-mails criminals would try to getmore information about passwords and credit cards.
It said it was working with police to investigate the matterand had sealed the ports the hacker had used to get access toits servers.