Tell HN: Royal Mail Data Breach

Re:Tell HN: Royal Mail Data Breach by lmkg on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @09:57AM (#33421298)

It's not a hack, but it's still a breach.

A data breach just means that data is accessed by unauthorized parties. Accidental data breaches are not only possible, but common. If a company accidentally emails a group of customers with CC instead of BCC that's technically a data breach, although in most circumstances a low-impact one.

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Re:Tell HN: Royal Mail Data Breach by willcipriano on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:25AM (#33421649)

Breach used in this case is really spin. Calling it what it is, a "inadvertent disclosure" puts the blame where it belongs.

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Re:Tell HN: Royal Mail Data Breach by omginternets on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @11:10AM (#33422294)

We call it a breach because the original sense of the word refers to an opening, tear or rupture. In that sense, this is exactly the correct term. Who or what caused the opening is irrelevant.

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Re:Tell HN: Royal Mail Data Breach by willcipriano on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @11:30AM (#33422570)

Hey man I'm just trying to get done work, breach my front door and than breach a few cold ones.

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Re:Tell HN: Royal Mail Data Breach by rrwo on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @10:16AM (#33421542)

If it's actionable by the ICO, it isn't a low impact one either.

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