Europol Data Breach (2016)
Europol
lowVERIS
Disclosed
October 1, 2016
3464 days ago
Records
700
Confirmed
Root Cause
Human Error
Industry
Government
Description
A police officer working for the European agency exposed sensitive data about security investigations on a hard drive linked to the web. Around 700 pages on terror investigations were accessible online, found by a Dutch TV programme Zembla, including analysis of terror groups, and names and contact details of people with terror links.