Council security blunder exposes card details
A security blunder at Newcastle City Council has exposed the credit and debit card details of up to 54,000 people online.
The breach was discovered on 19 July after the council hired an independent security expert to try and crack its systems. The security exercise found an encrypted file containing names, addresses, and credit and debit card numbers had been mistakenly placed on an insecure server.
An internal investigation also revealed that the file with all the card details had been accessed and uploaded to a computer IP address registered in Israel. Newcastle City Council claims there is no indication of any fraud on the affected cards.
