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An ex-tracing agent admitted guilt and received a fine for illegally acquiring personal information to determine if a high street bank's customers could pay their debts.

A grievance from RBS expressing worries about the information in reports it had gotten from DSS.

During the course of the inquiry, it became evident that Mr. Issacs was frequently contacting institutions like utility providers, local councils, and GP offices while posing as the listed individual and passing simple security questions.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/uk-prosecution-of-tracing-agent-for-illegally-obtaining-personal-information/

"id": "ROY53725623",
"linkid": "royal-bank-of-scotland",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "06/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"