what is a data breach? The council just leaked my personal details to a scammer and I only found out through a cold call asking me to confirm my own address
I’m absolutely fuming. This so-called ‘data breach’ that everyone’s whispering about? It’s not a fancy cyber term—it’s our council handing over my full name, phone number, and property history to a random bloke posing as a debt collector. I get a call yesterday: ‘Mrs. Jones, can you confirm you live at 12 Oak Lane?’ I told them to get lost, then checked with the council, and they said, ‘Oh, we had a minor security incident last month.’ Minor? I’ve spent three hours on hold and my bank is now locked down. Common sense says if you’re going to store my private details behind a computer, you’d better not let them wander off into a scammer’s hands. How hard is it to just shred the password and not hire the cheapest IT firm? I’m demanding answers, and I know I’m not the only one. Anyone else get that same cold call?