Hacker sent 'death to the Jews' text messages after breach in phone network

Exclusive: Data stolen from a global telecommunications company in 2013 led to messages being sent to mobile numbers across Middle East two years later

A hacker attempted to send more than 4m text messages saying "death to the Jews" by exploiting the network of a global telecommunications company.

A Guardian investigation has revealed that data was stolen in 2013 as a result of unauthorised access to the systems of SMSGlobal, which provides messaging services for "some of the world's best known brands" and has more than one million customers worldwide.