Lewisham Council Hacked

Thousands of residents’ financial details may have been stolen after Lewisham Council was hacked

This is one link:-

https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/thousands-of-residents-financial-details-may-have-been-stolen-after-lewisham-council-was-hacked/

Oh great…

The council had been using a portal outside of the main IT network to conduct data analysis for a homelessness project.

This portal was then infiltrated by an outside agent. They have reported this to the police who are now investigating.

It is possible that personal data from council tax, housing benefits, adult social care, education and planning could have been stolen.

Wtf? So, the Council provided means for unrestricted offsite access to sensitive data to enable a third party to conduct data analysis for a homelessness project that likely did not require the extent of the sensitive information made available?

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If you were directly affected you should have received a letter.

How long ago did this happen?