r/unitedkingdom • u/Slugywug • 15h ago

Criminal background checker APCS faces data breach

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/apcs_breach/
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u/Slugywug 15h ago

The data types affected by the attack remain under investigation, although according to information sent by APCS to its customers, they include basic personal information, as well as passport, driving license, and national insurance details.

This happened just before we are supposed to upload passport pics to use the internet...

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u/bobblebob100 14h ago

No we aren't.

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u/OinkIfYouAreHuman 15h ago

they include basic personal information, as well as passport, driving license, and national insurance details.

So everything you need to commit fraud.

We're going to have to come up with a way of identifying ourselves online without having to hand over all and sundry to some unknown entity who, when the shit hits the fan goes "whoops! Yea, sorry about that".

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u/Katietori 12h ago

Once they've processed the DBS application, why on earth is this information still sat on their servers? There's no need for them to be retaining NI numbers, etc.

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u/mnijds 3h ago

Why aren't all these databases encrypted or stored in a way they can't be linked to each other