Personal information belonging to more than 130,000 Finnish citizens have been compromised in the third largest data breach ever happened in the country.
The data breach affected a website maintained by the New Business Center in Helsinki (“Helsingin Uusyrityskeskus”), that is company that provides business advice to entrepreneurs.
“Data batches have overwritten username and password for over 130,000 users. The violation occurred on an open website for business ideas (liiketoimintasuunnitelma.com).” reported the local media Svenska.
After the discovery of the data breach on 3rd April, the new business center in Helsinki
has taken down the affected website.
The bad news for the Finnish citizens is that the password stored on the website were in plain text.
The Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) is
warning users of a massive data breach.
“About 130,000 user accounts and plaintext passwords have been revealed. Other confidential information may also have been disclosed. Due to the number of user accounts exposed, this is Finland’s third largest data breach.” states the advisory published by FICORA.
.....
.....
