Post Office Reprimanded for Data Breach of Horizon IT Scandal Victims

Post Office Reprimanded for Data Breach of Horizon IT Scandal Victims

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) reprimanded Post Office Limited for a data breach that exposed personal information of 502 postmasters involved in the Horizon IT scandal. The breach occurred due to a human error during a website upgrade, resulting in an unredacted legal settlement document being published on the Post Office's corporate website.