Privacy News UK sports retailer Sports Direct hacked

[Wingman]

UK’s largest sports retail outlet Sports Direct has suffered a data breach in September 2016, when an attacker gained access to its staff portal, and through it to unencrypted personal information of the company’s 30,000 employees.

But the employees were never notified of this breach. Apparently, there was no evidence that the hacker had exfiltrated the data, leaked it or shared it further, and the company opted for just notifying the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), UK’s national data protection authority.

 

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Wow that's pretty interesting. I almost got a job there a few months ago, but then I changed my mind because the shop had no air conditioning so I'd be fully heated constantly, so I didn't bother going back for the interview stages.

 

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Interesting...

 

[Wingman]

It seems like the caught the guy

Bloke, 27, arrested, tech gear seized by cops over UK Sports Direct hack

 

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Seems like it is...