Post Office leaks names of sub-postmasters
The Post Office mistakenly leaked the names of its branch operators. Compensation was subsequently planned for hundreds of affected people.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Post Office
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Branch operators' names leaked; hundreds eligible for compensation
- Cause / method
- Accidental disclosure of names
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Exposed dataName
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Timeline
- The Post Office's leak of branch operators' names was reported.
- Plans to compensate hundreds of victims of the data leak were reported.
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