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2019
Home Group warns customers of data breach
Issue disclosure
Home Group warned approximately 4,000 customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a data breach. The information involved names, addresses and contact information; the source reports that no financial data was involved. According to the source, Home Group said the issue was resolved within 90 minutes and that affected customers had been contacted.
Home Group warned around 4,000 customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a data breach involving names, addresses and contact information; the source reports that no financial data was involved. Home Group said the issue was resolved within 90 minutes and that affected customers had been contacted.
Company response
Remediation — Home Group
The issue was resolved within 90 minutes, according to Home Group spokespeople.
Ongoing disclosure — Home Group
We have contacted all customers affected
Source excerpt
The issue was resolved within 90 minutes, according to Home Group spokespeople.
As reported by the BBC, Home Group said the breach involved customer names, addresses and contact information, but no financial data.
Home Group – one of the biggest housing associations in the UK – has warned around 4000 customers that their personal details may have been stolen after the company suffered a data breach.