2025 saw breaches at major telecoms providers, including Orange, exposing customer data and disrupting services. For their business customers, a supplier’s incident quickly becomes their own problem — and telecoms sit deep in the supply chain that almost every organisation relies on.
It’s another reminder that your risk extends well beyond your own four walls.
Why this matters
- Supplier breaches become your breach — their incident exposes your data.
- Telecoms are critical infrastructure — an attractive, high-impact target.
- You should know the plan — how suppliers protect data and notify you matters.
- Concentration risk is real — heavy reliance on one provider increases exposure.
What we’d advise
We help clients assess third-party risk and build resilience, so a problem at a supplier doesn’t catch you unprepared.
Source: reported in 2025 across the security press.