EE dataleak caused stalking via sim-swapping?

An EE customer has said she was stalked by an ex-partner who worked at the firm, after he accessed her personal data without permission. She was switched to a new handset and her address and bank details were accessed. She involved the police and claims the firm EE and police did not take the dataleak seriously. She claims her sim was swapped by her ex-partner with her personal data getting into his hands. She claims to have spent a lot of private time at the police station and missed days at work, while her ex having access to sort code, her account number, photocopy of her driver’s licence. “It did put her at risk and she feels all customers should know how poorly something like this will be handled if there is a data breach on their account

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