Email addresses were added to 'cc' rather than 'bcc'.
North Tyneside Council has apologised after a data breach disclosed the details of 143 disabled children.
The local authority has issued an apology after it emerged an email exchange had inadvertently divulged the email addresses of the children’s parents, according to media reports.
One resident said the email revealed the parents' email addresses, because the other addresses were shown as cc, rather bcc.
A spokesperson for North Tyneside Council said: "We are aware of a data breach that occurred on Friday (29 November) through human error. The incident was reported to our teams and action was immediately taken to rectify this. We apologise to those impacted."
The council also clarified that the incident was reported formally, but did not meet the threshold for reporting to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). According to the local authority this is because the breach was mitigated immediately and was deemed low risk.
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
Outside work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats, and sampling craft beers.
