Age UK

Age UK

Age UK lost the personal details of current and former staff

There were two separate data breaches

It was reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

The breach compromised people’s names, addresses, dates of birth, and national insurance numbers.

No bank details or passwords were lost.

Source: https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/data-protection-breaches-at-age-uk.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/age-uk

"id": "age171827522",
"linkid": "age-uk",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Charity',
                        'name': 'Age UK',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'national insurance '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'description': 'Age UK experienced two separate data breaches resulting in '
                'the loss of personal details of current and former staff. The '
                'breach compromised people’s names, addresses, dates of birth, '
                'and national insurance numbers. No bank details or passwords '
                'were lost. The incident was reported to the Information '
                'Commissioner’s Office.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'national insurance numbers']},
 'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': ['Reported to the '
                                                        'Information '
                                                        'Commissioner’s '
                                                        'Office']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Age UK',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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