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Charity Data Breach: Supporter Details Compromised
5 Aug
Summary
- Sheffield Hospitals Charity reports a potential data breach via its CRM system.
- Supporter personal details like names and addresses might have been accessed.
- No evidence of misuse of personal information at this stage.
Sheffield Hospitals Charity has alerted its supporters to a potential data breach affecting personal details managed by its database system, Beacon CRM. The incident was detected on Monday and has impacted over 1,000 charities and organizations utilizing the system.
Information potentially accessed includes names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers, donation records, and Gift Aid information. Crucially, payment card details were not stored by the system. The charity is contacting affected individuals as a precautionary measure.
Beacon CRM confirmed an unauthorized individual gained access using compromised login credentials. The database provider is actively investigating to determine the full scope of the breach. While no misuse of personal information has been evidenced thus far, the charity advises vigilance regarding unexpected communications.
