Breach at childbirth trust

UK childbirth and parenting charity The National Childbirth Trust has apologised after thousands of usernames and email addresses were swiped by hackers.

Registration details of 15,000 new and expectant parents were compromised as a result of the breach, the BBC reports. Encrypted (presumably) hashed passwords were also exposed.

The NCT said no financial information had been accessed as a result of the breach, which has been reported to the police and data protection authorities. The charity’s website was taken offline for a short period on Wednesday in the aftermath of the breach.

Users have been advised to change passwords. ®