ReportedUpdated 3 Nov 2026
UK Housing Ombudsman Service security incident
Unauthorized access1 source
What happened
Investigating third-party IT security incident
Reported impact
An affected population has not been established in the accepted evidence.
Reported data types
email addresses
Source evidence
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Retrieved 3 Nov 2026
This week, the UK Housing Ombudsman Service, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Housing that settles disputes between social housing residents and social landlords in England, disclosed that it is [investigating a third-party IT security incident]
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case management system
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Updates and corrections
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Incident updated.