Fallout from Hackney Council's 2020 data breach continues
Hackney Council suffered a data breach in 2020. The council responded to the UK Information Commissioner's Office investigation into the cyberattack in 2024, and was still dealing with problems caused by the incident in January 2025.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Hackney Council
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Cyberattack
- Location
- United Kingdom
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- Hackney Council issued a statement on the UK Information Commissioner's Office investigation into the cyberattack.
- It came to light that Hackney Council was still dealing with problems caused by the 2020 data breach.
3 related reports
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