Non-profit organizations are not immune to cyberattacks by unscrupulous threat actors. In this case, a third-party vendor was hit, as Yahoo! UK reports:
An investigation has been launched after Southampton Hospitals Charity is among 1,500 potentially affected by a cyber attack.
Southampton Hospitals Charity confirmed it is one of the charities targeted in a cyber-security incident linked to Beacon CRM, a customer relationship management provider.
The charity uses Beacon’s system to manage supporter records, and Beacon informed the charity of the cyber-security incident on August 3.
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The BBC reports that the types of information may include names, postal and email addresses, telephone numbers, records of donations, volunteering or event participation and Gift Aid.
The number of people affected has not been released as yet.
