International Table Tennis Federation

International Table Tennis Federation

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)'s professional players' experienced a data breach.

The passport details and vaccination certificates of hundreds of professional table tennis players had been leaked online.

It happened after a security issue on the server of the sport's governing body ITTF.

China's Olympic champion Ma Long and compatriot and world champion Fan Zhendong were among the victims of the breach of privacy, with their passport details available online.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/athletes-passport-vaccination-details-leaked-online-report-2022-12-12/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/international-table-tennis-federation

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"date": "12/2022",
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