Security News > 2024 > May > BBC suffers data breach impacting current, former employees

The BBC has disclosed a data security incident that occurred on May 21, involving unauthorized access to files hosted on a cloud-based service, compromising the personal information of BBC Pension Scheme members.
As per the reports, the incident impacted roughly 25,000 people, including current and former employees of Britain's national public service broadcaster.
The BBC apologized to its former and current staff for the incident and stated there is no evidence that the copied data had been misused while advising pension members to remain vigilant.
Cooler Master hit by data breach exposing customer information.
First American December data breach impacts 44,000 people.
Sav-Rx discloses data breach impacting 2.8 million Americans.
News URL
Related news
- UN aviation agency investigating possible data breach (source)
- Washington state sues T-Mobile over 2021 data breach security failures (source)
- Largest US addiction treatment provider notifies patients of data breach (source)
- STIIIZY data breach exposes cannabis buyers’ IDs and purchases (source)
- EU law enforcement training agency data breach: Data of 97,000 individuals compromised (source)
- Wolf Haldenstein law firm says 3.5 million impacted by data breach (source)
- Otelier data breach exposes info, hotel reservations of millions (source)
- PayPal to pay $2 million settlement over 2022 data breach (source)
- UnitedHealth now says 190 million impacted by 2024 data breach (source)
- PowerSchool starts notifying victims of massive data breach (source)