More than 350 sports clubs report AllUnited data breach
More than 350 Dutch sports clubs have reported a data breach after a cyberattack on AllUnited on Monday evening, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP, Dutch data protection authority) said on Wednesday.
Driving the news: AllUnited, a membership administration system for sports clubs, said on Wednesday that an unknown outsider copied data from its database. An AllUnited spokesperson said earlier that no exact numbers are known.
What was taken:
- Data of all federations and clubs that work with AllUnited is affected.
- Stolen data includes members' names, addresses, passwords and bank account numbers.
The numbers: An AP spokesperson told news agency ANP the AP expects the number of affected clubs to rise further.
Who is affected: Several federations are among those hit, including the draughts, cricket and billiards federations. The hockey federation said it does not use AllUnited but has blocked data exchange as a precaution.
What is unknown: AllUnited has no contact with the attacker. It is unknown whether the attack came from the Netherlands or abroad, or what the attacker intends.