Enforcement
EN THE PHONE HOUSE SPAIN, S.L.: Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
€6,500,000 fine - Spanish Data Protection Authority (aepd)
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The Spanish DPA has imposed a fine of EUR 6.5 million on THE PHONE HOUSE SPAIN, S.L. The controller had suffered a ransomware attack affecting personal data of 13 million individuals (e.g. customers and employees), which was exfiltrated and published on the deep web. The DPA's investigation revealed that the controller had failed to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, in order to prevent such an incident.
GDPR Articles: Art. 5 (1) f) GDPR, Art. 32 GDPR
Industry: Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting