The UK National Lottery Community Fund has reported a data breach exposing the sensitive personal data, including bank account information, of grant holders and applicants.
“The breach relates to data provided to us between September 2013 and December 2019 by UK Portfolio, England funding and Building Better Opportunities customers,” said the public body in a data breach notice posted yesterday (July 22).
Anyone who has submitted grant applications via National Lottery funding programs for Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales are not affected by the breach, it added.
UK National Lottery: The compromised data was submitted both during grant applications and by existing grant holders supplying additional information.
The organization did not indicate how the breach occurred or how many victims might be involved.
