Data of at least 100,000 clients of private health insurer BUPA were offered for sale by a rogue employee on the dark web, cyber experts Databreaches said. A vendor calling themselves MoZeal has attempted to sell birthdates, nationalities, home phone numbers, home emails, work details and BUPA IDs of customers from 122 countries, Databreaches said. The data was sold in batches starting last month through an online marketplace called Dark Markets, which is operated by cybercriminals who use fake names and email addresses to lure unsuspecting users into buying their wares. BUPA contacted its customers and apologised after being made aware of the attempted sale. It said it had found the data related to about 100,000 people, not a million, and that it's since strengthened security.
Data of at least 100,000 clients of private health insurer BUPA were offered for sale by a rogue employee on the dark web, cyber experts Databreaches said. A vendor calling themselves MoZeal has attempted to sell birthdates, nationalities, home phone numbers, home emails, work details and BUPA IDs of customers from 122 countries, Databreaches said. MoZeal claimed to have up to a million customers' data. BUPA contacted its customers and apologised after being made aware of the attempted sale. It said it had found the data related to about 100,000 people, not a million, and that it's since strengthened security.