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The following is a list of UK government data losses. It lists reported instances of the loss of personal data by UK central and local government, agencies, non-departmental public bodies, etc., whether directly or indirectly because of the actions of private-sector contractors. Such losses tend to receive widespread media coverage in the UK.
The loss of United Kingdom child benefit data was a data breach incident in October 2007, when two computer discs owned by HM Revenue and Customs containing data relating to child benefit went missing. The incident was announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, on 20 November 2007.
The Electoral Commission of the United Kingdom suffered a data breach in 2021–2022. [1] [2] [3]In March 2024 it was reported that the UK security services had identified the Chinese government as the perpetrator of the data breach attack. [4]
TikTok has been fined £12.7M ($15.9M) by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for several breaches of children’s data protection law. John Edwards, the UK’s Information ...
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This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually.
[2] [4] It claims the data is "exclusive, unique and impressive". [3] The Library states that the leaked data appears to be from its internal human resources files. [4] 27 November: Rhysida makes 90 percent of the stolen data, approximately 600GB, freely available for anyone on the dark web to download after the British Library refuses to pay ...
The 2017 Westminster data breach occurred on 23 June 2017, when an unauthorised attempt was made to gain access to email accounts belonging to a number of politicians at the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament. [1] Whitehall officials have claimed that Iran was behind the attack. [2]