Edinburgh Council Web Attack Breaches Over 13,000 Email Addresses
"Edinburgh City Council has been hit with a major cyber-attack leading to the theft of 13,000 email addresses, it has emerged.
A brief statement on the council’s website claimed that hackers conducted the cyber-raid on the council’s website, hosted in a UK data center.
A BBC report added more details, claiming the attack happened nearly a fortnight ago, was aimed at the council’s website service provider and involved the breach of over 13,000 email addresses."