By John McCarthy

A private parking company has suffered a data leak which made available the parking details of 9,721 users available online, a Sky News investigation has revealed.

PaymyPCN.net, a firm which has for nearly two decades collected parking charge notices within UK private and public car parks, has had exposed a security flaw granting backdoor access to users’ sensitive DVLA information.

Using the exploit discovered by Sky News, penalty appeal emails and images of drivers in their vehicles were leaked, in addition to a data base of customer records.

Consumer activist Michael Green, who launched the challengethefine.com campaign to get motorists fine compensation, first Read full story ›

Source: The Drum