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UK: ‘43,000 individuals’ possibly affected after ABTA web server hacked

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Dissent

TTG reports:

The organisation said today it had become aware of “unauthorised access to the web server supporting abta.com by an external infiltrator exploiting a vulnerability”.

The web server is managed for Abta through a third-party web developer and hosting company.

“The infiltrator exploited that vulnerability to access data provided by some customers of Abta members and by Abta members themselves via the website”, said chief executive Mark Tanzer in a statement.

Read more on TTG.


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