Loyaltybuild data breach affects ESB customers

Electricity customers have become the latest to fall prey to the data protection debacle at Loyaltybuild as gardaí yesterday announced a fraud squad probe into breaches at the company.

Electric Ireland confirmed that non-financial data for 6,800 customers who availed of a discount hotel breaks promotion between 2007 and 2008 may have been compromised.

Electric Ireland — or ESB Customer Supply as it was known — had used Loyaltybuild so customers could book the breaks through the Co Clare company’s contact centre and website.