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flag In 2024, a cyberattack on Transport for London exposed data of up to 10 million people, making it one of the UK’s largest breaches.

flag In 2024, Transport for London suffered a cyberattack by the Scattered Spider group, compromising personal data of up to 10 million people, including names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses, making it one of the UK’s largest data breaches. flag The breach, which disrupted online services and caused £39 million in damages, exposed data from a database of nearly 15 million records, many duplicates. flag TfL notified about 7.1 million customers via email but did not disclose the full scale initially, leaving many potentially unaware. flag Around 5,000 customers with Oyster card refund data were prioritized for outreach due to higher risk. flag The Information Commissioner’s Office cleared TfL of wrongdoing, citing appropriate response, but experts criticize the UK’s lack of legal requirement to publicly report breach sizes, arguing transparency is key to public safety and accountability.

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