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Data breach could be UK’s largest to date

Posted On: Apr. 11, 2017 4:00 AM CST

Data breach could be UK’s largest to date

U.K.-based short-term load provider Wonga Group Ltd. has suffered a serious data breach, which might include the personal details of around 245,000 people in the United Kingdom and 25,000 in Poland, ComputerWeekly.com reports. The breach may be one of the UK’s biggest to date, far exceeding the TalkTalk breach in 2015, which affected just over 150,000 customers and did not include any financial details. TalkTalk was later fined £400,000 ($424,000) for the breach.

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