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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.
[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 ...
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.
The incident was a breach of the UK's Data Protection Act and resulted in the resignation of HMRC chairman Paul Gray; Darling commented that the discs were probably destroyed when "the hunt was on, probably within days" and that there was an "opaque" management structure at HMRC and it was difficult to see who was responsible for what. [14]
November: The Anonymous hacktivist collective announced that they have hacked into four Chinese computer databases and donated those to data breach indexing/notification service vigilante.pw. The hack was conducted in order to support the 2019 Hong Kong protests , amidst the Hong Kong police's siege of the city's Polytechnic University .
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The commission said that it was not able to know for certain what data was accessed or who was responsible, but the attack showed considerable sophistication. [1] [2] [3] The breach did not have any impact on the electoral process, with only copies of electoral registers visible in the breach, which had not been changed as a result of the ...
The Government has been urged to reconsider its legislation on dealing with Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Government legacy bill risks breaches of human rights law, committee finds Skip to main ...