Security News > 2020 > February > UK Financial Regulator Admits to Data Breach
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority on Tuesday admitted to a data breach, in an embarrassing revelation for the regulator and its boss, who shortly takes over at the Bank of England.
The FCA said it had mistakenly published the details of around 1,600 consumers who had complained about the regulator, which is tasked with overseeing the conduct of Britain's key financial sector, including any data breaches by banks for example.
"In many instances, the extent of the accessible information was only the name of the person making the complaint, with no further confidential details or specific details of their complaint," the FCA said in a statement.
The data, which revealed no financial details of individuals, was available to the public between last November and this month, the FCA added.
"As soon as we became aware of this, we removed the relevant data from our website," the regulator said.
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