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The Netherlands – RDC

Exploit: Hacking
RDC: Maintenance & Garage Services

Risk to Small Business: 1.861 = Severe

The personal and vehicle details of millions of Dutch car owners were posted for sale on a well-known cybercrime forum, snatched from automotive services company RDC. The threat actor behind the forum ad claims to be in possession of an RDC database with 7.3 million entries. 2.3 million of those records also come complete with email addresses and other PII.

Individual Risk: 1.703 = Severe

Both business clients and private car owners were impacted with data including names, home addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, but also vehicle registration numbers, car makes & models, and license plates exposed.

Customers Impacted: 7.3 million

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Every time your company does business with another company, your information is at risk and their failure to keep your information safe can come back to haunt you when you least expect it.

Source:
https://therecord.media/data-for-7-3-million-dutch-car-owners-sold-on-hacking-forum