A major UK lottery organization says it has resolved a technical error that exposed customer data to other users.
People's Postcode Lottery (PPL) subscribers briefly saw other players' personal information when logging into the site on Monday. The exposed data included names, addresses, email addresses, and dates of birth.
According to forum posts , each time users refreshed their homepage, a different user's details appeared.
PPL yanked the service offline within 17 minutes of discovering the issue on October 27, and all services were restored at 09:00 UTC on October 29. The company said a "technical error" caused the leak, with no evidence of external attack.
Last year PPL reported that 4.9 million people subscribed to its service, which sees Brits pay £12.25 (around $16) per month t

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