Nearly 250,000 records leaked in major tax consultancy breach - here's what we know

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• Rockerbox kept an open database online for an unknown period
• The database contained ID card numbers and other vital information
• Following its discovery, it has now been locked down

A tax credit consulting agency inadvertently exposed sensitive data on thousands of its customers by allegedly keeping a database filled with personally identifiable information (PII) open on the public internet.