Ajax confirms fan data leak and season ticket management vulnerability
Ajax confirmed that the emails of several hundred fans and the personal data of fewer than 20 people banned from the stadium had been viewed. The vulnerability made it possible to access the data of more than 300,000 registered fans, transfer season tickets and change stadium bans. In May, a suspect connected to the case was arrested.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Ajax
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Confirmed viewing of emails of several hundred fans and personal data of fewer than 20 banned individuals
- Cause / method
- Vulnerability allowing access to fan data and season ticket and stadium ban management functions
- Location
- Netherlands
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Timeline
- Ajax confirmed that data on several hundred fans and fewer than 20 banned individuals had been viewed.
- Dutch police arrested a suspect in connection with the Ajax hack.
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