BBC Pension Scheme

Disclosed May 29, 202425,290 affectedUnverified

Cloud database breach exposes 25,000 BBC pension scheme members

The BBC Pension Scheme wrote to more than 25,000 current and former employees after an unauthorized party copied data from a cloud database used by its administration team, including names, national insurance numbers, dates of birth and home addresses. The incident was detected on May 21, 2024.

What is known

People affected	25,290 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	May 29, 2024
Discovered	May 21, 2024
Attack	Hacking
Data exposed	NamesDates of birthAddressesGovernment IDs
Sector	Media · GB
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Newstheguardian.com

Data breach exposes details of 25,000 current and former BBC employees

Newstheregister.com

Cybercriminals raid BBC pension database, steal records of over 25,000 people

Notices filed

TotalMay 29, 2024

Research25,290 people

Other breaches at BBC Pension Scheme

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History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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