University of Hertfordshire suffered from a data breach incident after mistakenly sharing the personal details of about 2,000 students in an email promoting a lecture.
The university said it had contacted the data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office.
It was found that the email was not sent to all students and the incident affected a group of students in one of their schools of study.
The relevant students were contacted immediately and the email was recalled.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-50333367
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"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "11/2019",
"severity": "50",
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