Leading PVC manufacturer exposed employee data due to data breach

A leading British PVC manufacturer has been contacting current and former employees to inform them about a “substantial” data breach.

Derbyshire-based Eurocell, which also operates as a distributor of UPVC windows, doors and roofing products, revealed the news in a letter to those affected. The company apparently explained that an unauthorized third party accessed its systems.

Among the data compromised are:

Employment terms and conditions,
Dates of birth,
Bank account, NI and tax reference numbers,
Health and wellbeing documents, learning and development records,
Disciplinary and grievance documents.

Eurocell has over 2,000 current employees, but it is possible that many more former employees could also be at risk given the type of information that has been exposed.

The firm has apparently indicated that there’s no evidence of the data being misused, but that will be of little comfort to those affected.

In the same time, Cisco has confirmed that the personal data leaked by the Yanluowang ransomware group was stolen from the firm network during a hacker attack in May.