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Folksam data breach leaks info of 1M Swedes to Google, Facebook, more

Posted on November 4, 2020 by pogowasright.org

Sergiu Gatlan reports:

Folksam, one of the largest insurance companies in Sweden, today disclosed a data breach affecting around 1 million Swedes after sharing customers’ personal info with multiple technology giants.

The insurer discovered the data breach after an internal audit according to Jens Wikström, Head of Marketing and Sales at Folksam, and reported the incident to the Swedish Data Protection Authority (Datainspektionen).

Read more on BleepingComputer.

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