Council data breaches since 2020

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Jamie Dixon
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Dear Nottingham City Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information.

- The number of data breaches your council has been victim to in the 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 calendar years.
- How many people were affected by each data breach.
- What type of data breach each one was.

A data breach is when sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen, altered or used by an individual who is unauthorised to do so. It includes:

- Malware attack
- Phishing attack
- Brute force attack
- SQL injection attack
- Business Email Compromise (BEC)
- Stolen information

If you require any further clarification or have any questions, please let me know.

Yours faithfully,

Jamie Dixon

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Information Compliance | Legal and Governance

Nottingham City Council | Loxley House | Station Street | Nottingham | NG2
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