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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]
National Public Data Breach. National Public Data (NPD), a major government database, experienced one of the largest data breaches this past April, affecting approximately 2.9 billion Social ...
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.
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 ...
August: T-Mobile reported that data files with information from about 40 million former or prospective T-Mobile customers, including first and last names, date of birth, SSN, and driver's license/ID information, were compromised. [192] September and October: 2021 Epik data breach.
Office of Personnel Management data breach – December 2014 breach of data on U.S. government employees. The attack originated in China. [11] A six-month-long cyberattack on the German parliament for which the Sofacy Group is suspected took place in December 2014. [12]