Egypt’s NTRA pronounces alleged leak of Vodafone user data a false alarm

The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has declared as baseless a social media report alleging that as many as 12 mn Vodafone Egypt users’ had been leaked, Al Mal reports, citing an unnamed NTRA source. The ruling comes after IT specialist Mohamed Abdel Basit alleged he was approached by an anonymous Facebook user attempting to sell the data for USD 500, prompting the NTRA to investigate Vodafone Egypt and the alleged incident, the Independent Arabia reports. Vodafone has reportedly filed a libel and defamation lawsuit against Abdel Basit, whose post has since been deleted.