IE: Financial details of 1,200 Airtricity customers posted on firm’s website

[David Shettler <dave () opensecurityfoundation org>]

http://datalossdb.org/incidents/1592

http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=IRELAND-qqqm=news-qqqid=39221-qqqx=1.asp

The personal and financial details of almost 1,200 customers of green
energy firm Airtricity were posted on the company's website for six
weeks, The Sunday Business Post has learned.

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The material was accessible to anyone who accessed the company website
and could have been read or downloaded by clicking a link on the
company's homepage. Forensic computer analysts have been unable to
tell if the data was downloaded or copied.

The data included information given by customers who signed up online
to Airtricity, including detailed direct debit data and personal
household details. Hawkes's office was informed of the breach on
January 15 and a spokesman said that the firm was co-operating with
its probe.

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