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Software supplier Nebu from Wormerveer must provide more information to one of its clients about a massive data leak at the company last month, the court in Rotterdam ruled in preliminary relief proceedings filed by market researcher Blauw from Rotterdam.
Market research security breach spreads, millions of people affected
The data of up to 22,000 people who took part in a survey for the Vrienden van Amstel Live may have also been taken in a widespread data breach at a market research firm's software supplier, said a spokesperson for Heineken on Thursday. Another 3,000 people who took part in research for health insurer CZ may have also been affected. Combined with hundreds of thousands of people surveyed on behalf of NS and VodafoneZiggo, the total number of records potentially stolen has topped 1.5 million.