Paddy Power recently took the opportunity to inform customers of
a data breach affecting 649,055 customers which
occurred in 2010. In light of several large-scale
data breaches (for example, Ebay and the Heartblead virus), this
latest incident serves as a reminder to customers and business that
cyber security should not be underestimated.
Included within the datasets stolen from Paddy Power in 2010
were each individual customer's name, email address,
residential address, phone number, date of birth and security
prompted question and answer data. Such data is undoubtedly
personal data and is subject to the utmost care under UK law.
Financial information and customer passwords were not included in
the stolen information and Paddy Power has confirmed that the
customer accounts were not affected by the attack.
