The Royal Mail had to close its Click and Drop website this week, as a security slip up allowed some customers access to information, they should not have been able to see.
Royal Mail customer data leak shutters online Click and Drop • The Register
Engineers solved the issue within a few hours and things were back up and running by Tuesday evening.
At this time there has been no statement as to exactly what information was exposed and how many customers were impacted by the security mistake.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles