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date: 2023-08-12
link: https://www.databreaches.net/uk-just-a-slap-on-the-wrist-for-gloucester-council-data-breach-which-saw-peoples-data-fall-into-hands-of-criminals/
title: Gloucester council data breach 
cited: DataBreaches.net

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LOL. 

> After months of chaos which saw data fall into the hands of cyber criminals from Russia who hacked into Gloucester City Council, the authority will "just get a slap on the wrist". The authority was targeted by hackers in late 2021 and public services across Gloucester were severely disrupted during the following year.