London Marathon entrants personal details leaked on website

On April 23, the day after the London Marathon took place, the home addresses and emails of 38,000 London Marathon entrants were published on the organizer’s website by mistake. Some of these were high-profile celebrities and politicians, and this personal details was available to anyone who logged on to the site.

The BBC discovered this security breach the night of the 23^rd, and the BBC Sports Correspondent alerted the organization. The problem became apparent when a television presenter was contacted by a member of the public who found her home address. The London Marathon organizers dealt with the problem very quickly as soon as they found out; however, all 38,000 runners personal details were freely available throughout the whole day Monday 23rd. The London Marathon Organizers are very apologetic and said that the problem had been corrected on Tuesday.

This is an issue of breach of security, and the UK Data Protection Act are now investigating this data breach, and state that appropriate measures must be taken against this accidental release of personal data.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17820700