Breaches and incidents
Der Paritaetische NRW: hackers steal data including bank details
The welfare umbrella association told dpa (via n-tv, 27 Oct) that unknown attackers stole data, in part sensitive data such as bank details, and that...
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What happened
- The welfare umbrella association told dpa (via n-tv, 27 Oct) that unknown attackers stole data, in part sensitive data such as bank details, and that possibly affected people were informed; it did not say whether staff of its member organisations (about 3,100 organisations) are affected.
- Root cause: the association said it has since fixed “the vulnerabilities” (not specified).
- No attacker named; the association called it a “criminal attack”.
- Access was stopped immediately, a criminal complaint was filed, the data protection authority and external IT experts were brought in, and new technical and organisational measures were introduced.