2026 Keccel Technologies — billing database sale claim (unverified); 3.4M Congo numbers alleged
Data compromised
Actor-claimed ~3.4 million unique Congolese phone numbers, 26.4M+ billable SMS records, 35.6M+ SMS events, plus alleged billing/API gateway access affecting A2P SMS and WhatsApp traffic for 29 corporate customers—unverified
Technical writeup
Unverified forum sale claim — observed July 8, 2026. DailyDarkWeb monitoring documented a threat actor advertising alleged full access to Keccel Technologies S.A.R.L., a Democratic Republic of the Congo SMS and WhatsApp gateway provider. The listing claims billing and event-management infrastructure, SMS gateway/API systems, internal access controls, 35.6 million SMS events, approximately 3.4 million unique Congolese phone numbers, and 26.4 million billable SMS records, with routing for 29 corporate customers across DRC and Republic of the Congo telecom operators. Keccel had not publicly acknowledged an incident at catalog time. BreachHistory uses the actor-cited 3.4 million unique phone numbers labeled unverified pending attestation.
Root cause
Unverified forum advertisement claiming full access to Keccel Technologies billing/SMS gateway infrastructure in DRC—company had not confirmed at catalog time