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Hack attack on European Central Bank jeopardises personal information
The European Central Bank (ECB) has been hacked, with attackers stealing email addresses and contact data from the organisation's public website. In a statement, the bank said that no internal systems or market sensitive data were compromised. "The database serves parts of the ECB website that gather registrations for events such as ECB conferences and visits. It is physically separate from any internal ECB systems." The bank says that "most" of the stolen data was encrypted, but that parts of the databases including email addresses, some street addresses and phone numbers were stored in plaintext. Also ... (full story)