Up to 120,000 affected by data breach at City of Helsinki

THE CITY OF HELSINKI on Monday reported that data on up to 120,000 learners, guardians and personnel has ended up in the wrong hands as a consequence of the data breach detected in its childhood and education division on 30 April.

The data consist of the usernames and e-mail addresses of all nearly 40,000 city personnel, as well as the addresses and personal identity codes of roughly 80,000 learners, parents and staff members.