Personal details of 268,000 taxpayers sent to third party in data breach

Synopsis

In November 2024, Inland Revenue (IR) began issuing apology letters to approximately 268,000 taxpayers whose personal information was mistakenly shared with Meta in February of the same year. The data breach occurred due to an IR employee emailing an ...

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  • Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)

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