Reply to post: It is a bug not a data breach.

OH DEAR, WHSmith: Sensitive customer data spaffed to world+dog

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It is a bug not a data breach.

Most data breaches are the result of bugs.

However - were details of clients (other than the client using the form) disclosed? If so, it is a data breach. Not in the Ashley Madison sense of the term, but leaking just one customer's information is still a breach.

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