RNLI警告支持者个人信息在网络攻击中可能遭泄露

英国皇家全国救生艇协会（RNLI）已向其支持者发出警告，称他们的个人信息可能在针对该机构使用的客户关系管理公司Beacon CRM的网络攻击中被盗取。1这次攻击发生在7月底，影响了约1500家慈善机构。1Beacon CRM建议RNLI"假设其系统中的数据已被获取"。1目前尚无证据表明被盗数据遭到滥用或公布。1

这起数据泄露事件发生之际，RNLI正面临极右翼人士的持续骚扰。12024年9月6日，激进分子曾试图阻止RNLI船员救援一艘载有120名寻求庇护者的充气艇。1因安全威胁，Portsmouth救生艇站被迫临时关闭。1RNLI副主席Sir Robin Knox-Johnston谴责这些"在线和身体虐待"行为"相当令人厌恶"。1骚扰事件发生后，RNLI的筹款工作出现了"显著"增长。1

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has alerted its supporters that their personal information may have been compromised in a cyberattack targeting Beacon CRM, the customer relationship management company it uses 1. The breach, which occurred in late July, affected approximately 1,500 charities 1. Beacon CRM advised RNLI to "assume that data held on its systems has been accessed," though there is currently no evidence that stolen data has been misused or publicly released 1.

The security incident comes amid a period of heightened tension surrounding the charity's rescue operations. On September 6, 2024, activists attempted to obstruct RNLI crew members from responding to an inflatable boat carrying 120 asylum seekers 1. The Portsmouth lifeboat station was forced to temporarily close due to safety threats 1. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, RNLI vice-chair, condemned the "online and physical abuse" as "quite abhorrent" 1. Despite the harassment, the organization has experienced "significant" growth in fundraising following these incidents 1. Data shows that small boat rescues represent only 1.2 percent of RNLI's total work, accounting for 109 of 9,058 rescues conducted last year 1.