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Fred Bloggs replied

22 December 2020, 20:07
Originally posted by adubya View Post

Not now

UK firm NOW: Pensions tells 1.7 million customers a 'service partner' leaked their data all over 'public software forum' • The Register

Oh dear. And the company is trying to play this down? The data was out there to copy for three days??? That's awful.
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adubya replied

22 December 2020, 16:19
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

So it's just hearsay so far?

Not now

UK firm NOW: Pensions tells 1.7 million customers a 'service partner' leaked their data all over 'public software forum' • The Register
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pushingpixels replied

22 December 2020, 15:20
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

So it's just hearsay so far?

No it's not hearsay - email was from provider, and I've spoken to them on the phone.

How many were affected? "A big number.." - they couldn't (or can't) actually state the figure.

So there will be many on this forum who are affected, and they should be aware (if they aren't already). Leaked data was copied so we can assume the world and their civit cat have access to it.
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Lance replied

22 December 2020, 12:40
was there a URL in the email you received?
Did you click it and check the certs and name?
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ladymuck replied

22 December 2020, 12:31
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

So it's just hearsay so far?

Is it hearsay if the notifcation came from the company that experienced the breach?

I'd phone the pension provider and ask if the email is genuine if there's any cause for doubt over the authenticity of the email.
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northernladuk replied

22 December 2020, 12:24
Originally posted by pushingpixels View Post

Yes (and Troy Hunt's (whi runs it) Twitter page, and NOW Pensions breach is not on there - but it was only a few days ago apparrently, so may not have been made pubiic yet.

So it's just hearsay so far?
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pushingpixels replied

22 December 2020, 12:20
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

Have you checked haveibeenpwned?

Yes (and Troy Hunt's (whi runs it) Twitter page, and NOW Pensions breach is not on there - but it was only a few days ago apparrently, so may not have been made pubiic yet.
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northernladuk replied

22 December 2020, 12:12
Have you checked haveibeenpwned?
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pushingpixels started a topic NOW Pensions - Data Breach

22 December 2020, 11:47
NOW Pensions - Data Breach

I got an email this morning (genuine by all accounts) from NOW Pensions (now owned by Cardano) informing me that somone with access to their data posted all my info (name, NI number, address, email, etc) to a pubic forum, from where it was copied. This happened a few days ago. ICO, regulator informed etc.

I'm not sure how many others were affected, and there's nothing in any news/reporting that I can find.

Anyone else affected? It seems that a lot of workplaces use this company.
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