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Capital Economics data breach (2020)

In December 2020, the economic research company Capital Economics suffered a data breach that exposed 263k customer records. The exposed data included email and physical addresses, names, phone numbers, job titles and the employer of impacted customers.

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Capital Economics
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263.8K
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2020-12-12, Capital Economics was affected by a data breach. Approximately 263,829 accounts were exposed. In December 2020, the economic research company Capital Economics suffered a data breach that exposed 263k customer records. The exposed data included email and physical addresses, names, phone numbers, job titles and the employer of impacted customers.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#CapitalEconomics
  2. capitaleconomics.comhttps://capitaleconomics.com

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