A security incident at logistics partner CEVA Logistics may have led to a data breach of customer information from bol and de Bijenkorf. Potentially compromised data includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, track & trace information, and order details. Bol and de Bijenkorf have informed the Dutch Data Protection Authority and are warning affected […]
Research by NOS and Nieuwsuur shows that municipalities are still publishing residents’ personal data in documents made public under the Open Government Act (Woo). This includes email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, citizen service numbers (BSNs), and ID numbers that have been insufficiently anonymized. Several municipalities have since removed the documents and reported a data breach […]
Lidl is warning webshop customers about phishing after attackers obtained personal data via an external IT service provider. Leaked data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and customer numbers of customers from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. The exact cause and scope of the incident have not yet been disclosed. With this […]
Employees are increasingly using AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude without clear guidelines from their organization. This creates the risk of personal data, trade secrets, and confidential documents unintentionally ending up in external AI systems. The municipality of Eindhoven reported a data breach after employees uploaded more than 1,000 documents containing sensitive personal […]
Basic-Fit lost the data of 200,000 Dutch members, including personal information and bank details. In total, approximately 1 million members were affected, but no passwords or ID documents were leaked. Booking.com also experienced a hack in which booking and contact details were accessed. Financial data remained secure there, but customers are at risk of phishing […]