A cyber-attack targeting the World Food Programme (WFP) has exposed sensitive personal information belonging to some 600,000 households in Gaza, the UN’s food agency has confirmed, in what may be the largest-known breach of humanitarian beneficiary data to date.
The exposed information included names, ID and mobile numbers, and location data.
More than 2 million people in Gaza have submitted their personal information to WFP’s self-registration application, known as People Portal, which the WFP credits for cutting registration red tape and response times.
An investigation is under way, and no party has claimed responsibility, WFP said.
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