Centre for Computing History (CCH) apologises to customers for 'embarrassing' breach

guest · Oct 21, 2021

Centre for Computing History apologises to customers for 'embarrassing' breach
Website patched following phishing scam, no financial data exposed
October 20, 2021
https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/20/centre_for_computing_data_breach/

The Centre for Computing History (CCH) in Cambridge, England, has apologised for an "embarrassing" breach in its online customer datafile, though thankfully no payment card information was exposed.

The museum for computers and video games said it was notified that a unique email address used to book tickets via its website "has subsequently received a phishing email that looked like it came from HSBC."

"Our investigation has revealed that our online customer datafile has been compromised and the email addresses contained within are now in the hands of spammers," says the letter to visitors from Jason Fitzpatrick, CEO and trustee at CCH dated 19 October.
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Fitzpatrick concluded the letter with an apology, saying:

"We are treating this extremely seriously and have acted immediately to ensure the website is patched and secure again."
He added: "Whilst no online systems is 100 per cent secure, it is still of great embarrassment to us and we apologise unreservedly."
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Updated at 1219 UTC on 20 October to add
Fitzpatrick told us of a “minor update” to the situation. He said: “The single datafile that was accessed, contained email addresses and names. NOT postal addresses as I originally reported. This was a communication error between me and the tech department… We have been completely open and transparent with this and acted quickly to fix the issue and inform everyone affected."
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