The ICRIR said it experienced a “limited data breach” on the afternoon of March 18.
The body tasked with investigating outstanding cases from the Northern Ireland Troubles has apologised after suffering a data breach.
According to media reports, the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) said the names of 25 people who had contacted it had been mistakenly disclosed to an individual.
The “limited data breach” took place on the afternoon of March 18 and whilst no sensitive information had been disclosed, an internal investigation is now under way.
A statement said: “The names of 25 people, principally Requesting Individuals (RI), were mistakenly disclosed to a single recipient who had previously sought assistance from the Commission.”
The breach was caused by an administrative error in an email address, was discovered within several hours and the recipient has confirmed the information was deleted.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 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 Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
