Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-03-13 00:00:00
Affected organization: Aerial Direct
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Aerial Direct reveals that an unauthorized third party had been able to access customer data on 26 February through an external backup database, which included personal information on both current and expired subscribers from the last six years.