The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted to a data breach which saw confidential information accidentally made publicly available.
A note on the regulator's website published today (25 February), said that as soon as it became aware of the mistake all relevant data was removed from the website. The regulator confirmed information linked to a freedom of information (FoI) request published in November last year "may have been available" and the publication of this data was the fault of the FCA. The FOI response related to the number and nature of new complaints made against the regulator and handled by its Complaints Team between 2 January 2018 and 17 July 2019. The statement said: "We have undertaken a full...
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