P&O Ferries was hit by a data breach after mistakenly sending out a full list of passengers’ personal details by text message this morning, we can reveal. A blunder saw the details of 432 passengers travelling on the 12pm P&O ferry from Calais to Dover sent as an attachment in a customer services text message.
It is not clear if the error only happened for this ferry or a more widespread breach has occurred hitting more P&O Ferries crossings today. The message seen by This is Money and the Daily Mail was sent on one of the busiest travel days of the year, as holidaymakers return from trips at the end of the school holidays.
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Source: This is money
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