Virgin Media cybersecurity leak information

Virgin Media data leak inappropriate access to personal information

Need to know more about the Virgin Media cybersecurity leak and whether you could be entitled to join the No Win, No Fee compensation action?

As a leading firm of consumer rights and data breach compensation lawyers, we’ve launched a legal action for the 900,0000 victims of the breach to join. Victims affected by the breach can get started with their case right away on the main part of the website here.

For a little more information about the breach and our action, read on.

About the Virgin Media cybersecurity leak

The Virgin Media cybersecurity leak was discovered by a third-party security researcher at the end of February 2020. The incident arose because an employee is understood to have incorrectly configured a database, which meant that the information contained in the database was accessible online.

The accessible information affected 900,000 people, which included customers and some non-customers that were on the list for marketing reasons. For over 1,000 affected, there was also contract information that is understood to have included data about requests for certain websites to be blocked or unblocked. This reportedly included explicit websites and gambling websites.

The data was accessible between April 2019 and the end of February 2020. During that 10-month breach period, at least one unknown third-party is understood to have accessed the database.

About the compensation action

The compensation action for victims of the Virgin Media cybersecurity leak is designed to pursue compensation for the distress caused by the loss of control of their personal information. Where applicable, victims could also be entitled to recover losses and expenses too.

Virgin Media should have notified all victims to confirm that their data has been exposed. The main criteria for being able to join the compensation action is that you have received confirmation that you are a victim of the breach.

Virgin Media could face a substantial fine from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) which could be in the millions. Money from fines isn’t designed to be used as compensation for victims which is why we launch separate actions. We can pursue cases on a No Win, No Fee basis, so what have you got to lose?

About Your Lawyers

Your Lawyers is a specialist, niche consumer action and data breach compensation law firm operating in England and Wales.

The firm has been involved in over 50 different group and multi-party actions, including for the action launched for victims of the Virgin Media cybersecurity leak. With years of experience, millions of pounds in damages recovered, and Steering Committee appointments, Your Lawyers remains at the forefront of this important and complex area of law.

Victims of the Virgin Media data breach can sign-up for a No Win, No Fee compensation case on the main part of the website here.

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Join The Virgin Media Group Action...

We are representing Claimants as part of a pending Group Action arising from the data exposure that took place between April 2019 and 28th February 2020.

If you have received confirmation that your information was exposed in the data breach, you could be entitled to claim thousands of pounds in data breach compensation with NO WIN, NO FEE representation.

Call free on 0800 634 7575 or join online.

Find Out If You Can Claim Now!

Have you received notification from Virgin Media that your data has been affected by the data incident resulting in the unauthorised access of your personal information?

Please retain a copy of the notification as proof of receipt.

Please confirm whether you have suffered distress as a result of being the victim of the data breach and/or suffered a financial loss?

Unfortunately we cannot take your claim forward at this time.

If you believe you have been affected, please:

Check your spam/junk folder for the email; or
Call Virgin Media on 0800 052 2621; or
Make a Subject Access Request.

To verify whether or not you have been affected!

Your privacy is extremely important to us. Information on how we handle your data is in our Privacy Policy

First published by Author on April 15, 2020
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THE VIRGIN MEDIA DATA BREACH COMPENSATION ACTION

We are representing Claimants pursuing compensation arising from the Virgin Media Data Breach announced in March 2020.

If you have received confirmation that you have been affected by the data breach incident, you could be entitled to claim thousands of pounds in data breach compensation with us now on a No Win, No Fee basis.

We are a leading Consumer Action and Data Breach law firm that is representing Claimants in over 40 different group and multi-party actions. We sit on the Steering Committee for the first GDPR Group Litigation Order (GLO) action in England and Wales, the British Airways Group Action.

If a formal court action is established in this case, there will be a cut-off date to join. We recommend that you sign-up to start your case as soon as possible.