Leak of confidential records – Virgin Media breach

leak of confidential recordsPeople affected by the Virgin Media data breach may have faced a leak of confidential records depending on the context of the breach to them, and what data was involved.

Whether this applies to you or not, we are representing thousands of people engaged in claims for compensation pursuing distress damages for the loss of control of their personal information. The GDPR can allow a victim of a leak to claim compensation, and we are making sure that those affected can access some form of justice for what they have had to go through.

We are representing eligible clients on a No Win, No Fee basis, and you can start your claim today to find out if you are still in time to pursue your case.

About the Virgin Media data leak

The Virgin Media data breach was an information exposure event that involved some 900,000 people when a database was left exposed online for a period of 10 months.

The period in question was between April 2019 in February 2020, and the breach was only discovered by a third-party security researcher. They alerted Virgin Media to the problem and it was confirmed that the exposure occurred as a result of a configuration error. We know that, during the breach period, at least one unknown third party is understood to have accessed the information.

Was there a leak of confidential records?

Defining a breach as involving the leak of confidential records can be somewhat subjective as it can be dependent on the context of the incident and the person in question. For some people, a name and address might not be too much of an issue for them whereas, for others, this kind of information could cause some significant problems if exposed. As such, anybody who may have been required to keep personal details (such as their name and contact information) confidential for various reasons, and were involved in the Virgin Media data breach, may have faced a leak of confidential records for that reason.

More overtly, although some 900,000 people were affected by the wider information exposure, there was the leak of confidential records for some 2,000 people which is understood to have involved contract information. In some cases, details about requests that customers had made to block or unblock explicit websites may have been involved in the breach which is, of course, incredibly confidential. As such, some people may have faced a more significant impact than others but, again, it can be subjective.

Start your case now – do not miss out

If you have yet to start your Virgin Media data breach compensation case then you need to contact us as soon as possible to find out if you are still in time to claim. We are now several years on from the start of the breach and some timeframes may already have expired, and you do not want to miss out on your chance to possibly recover thousands of pounds in damages.

Given that we are working on a No Win, No Fee basis, the best question to ask yourself is this: what do you have to lose in making a claim?

Start your claim now to find out if you were still in time to join the compensation action for justice.

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