South Ayrshire Council accidentally sent an email revealing the identities of people applying for free school meals and clothing grants. The email included names and email addresses and was sent to hundreds of recipients before being recalled. The council is investigating the incident, and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has received a report of the data breach. This breach compromised confidential information that is crucial for the anonymity of children receiving free school meals.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgq7e37z0qko
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/south-ayrshire-council
"id": "sou534070925",
"linkid": "south-ayrshire-council",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2025",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks: Attack which causes data leak of employee of the company"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Sector',
'location': 'South Ayrshire, UK',
'name': 'South Ayrshire Council',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Hundreds',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'email addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2023-10-04',
'description': 'South Ayrshire Council sent an email revealing the identities '
'of people applying for free school meals and clothing grants, '
'including names and email addresses, to hundreds of '
'recipients.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'email addresses']},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'references': [{'source': 'PA Media'}],
'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': 'Information '
"Commissioner's Office "
'(ICO)'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Apologized and informed the public',
'containment_measures': 'Recalled the email'},
'title': 'South Ayrshire Council Email Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}