Hackers breached the FIA website containing drivers' personal data.
Hackers breached the FIA website that stored confidential information, personal data and documents of drivers, including Max Verstappen. This was reported on his blog by security researcher Jan Carroll.
According to him, the FIA fixed vulnerabilities in its systems immediately after he and two other researchers contacted the federation in June. In turn, the FIA confirmed the breach and noted that measures had been taken to protect drivers’ data and that the information had been passed to law enforcement.
Among the data accessed by the hackers were passports, resumes, information about racing licences and personal identification information.
“The FIA became aware this summer of a cyber incident involving the FIA website dedicated to driver information,” the federation said in a statement. “Immediate measures were taken to protect drivers’ data, and the FIA notified the relevant data protection authorities of this issue in accordance with its obligations.
The FIA also notified a small number of drivers affected by the incident. Other FIA digital platforms were not affected by the incident.”
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Hackers breached the FIA website containing drivers' personal data.
Hackers broke into the FIA website, which contained confidential information, personal data and drivers' documents, including those of Max Verstappen.