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Data breach x 3!!

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Retread Thu 06-Aug-26 15:01:48

I'm so irritated by having been notified by three different organisations - a breast cancer charity, a local charity, and a London museum (also a charity) of a data breach, in orher words their systems were hacked. So that's three charities that had holes in their Beacon database security protocols despite the pledges of "we take your security seriously" on their websites. I'm now either deleting my account or changing passwords. Horse and gate ...😡

Late on Tuesday afternoon, Beacon confirmed that copies of database backups were created and are likely to have been downloaded unlawfully by an unauthorised third party.

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Retread Thu 06-Aug-26 15:02:37

I meant to add, all three were using "Beacon".

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MT62 Thu 06-Aug-26 15:06:14

& this is why I don’t want ID on my phone, I don’t trust that it won’t be hacked down the line.

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eddiecat78 Thu 06-Aug-26 16:49:11

I had a message from Gloucester Cathedral saying they had also been affected

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Retread Thu 06-Aug-26 16:58:40

One of the emails I received say that Beacon is used by more than 1,500 charities across the UK. 🤦‍♀️

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petra Thu 06-Aug-26 17:17:43

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Beacon security state that that they hold no bank account numbers. No sort codes.
I’m wondering if the charities are cutting costs by not having their security systems cleaned. It’s a very expensive procedure by highly qualified people.
A bit like people cutting back / not bothering with insurance thinking the worst won’t happen, and then it does.

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Retread Thu 06-Aug-26 18:15:45

I sincerely hope so because I've donated to all three charities. I still feel insecure though because what if they can access my emails and there are banking details on there? 😮‍💨 It has made me so cross. Why would anyone hack into those databases I wonder ...

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