Cyber Incident Victim: parking.brussels
Date:
Jun 2025
Location:
Belgium
Summary
Parking.brussels reported that one of its subcontractors experienced a malicious intrusion that resulted in the exfiltration of users’ personal data, including names, postal and email addresses, telephone numbers, vehicle licence plates and national register numbers. Although the breach was quickly contained and no data corruption was found, the agency reset all access credentials, reinforced platform security, notified the data‑protection authority, informed affected individuals by email and filed a police complaint, warning that the stolen information could be used for fraud, phishing or identity‑theft attempts.
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| Available to members | 1 motive | 1 technique |
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Description
On Thursday 19 June 2025 the third‑party provider responsible for managing parking exemption cards for parking.brussels notified the agency of a malicious intrusion into its systems that resulted in the exfiltration of personal data. The provider reported that the attack had been quickly contained, though it acknowledged that certain information supplied by parking.brussels users could have been compromised. Following the notification, parking.brussels conducted an internal verification that confirmed the data had not been corrupted and that all affected access credentials had been reset. The agency also stated that security measures governing access to the platform had been reinforced in response to the breach.
The data that were potentially taken include users’ names, first names, postal addresses, email addresses, vehicle license‑plate numbers, telephone numbers and national register numbers. Parking.brussels warned that such information could be used by malicious actors to impersonate representatives of various institutions, including banks, insurers, police or hospitals, in attempts at fraud, phishing or identity theft. The agency emphasized that the breach posed a risk of subsequent fraudulent communications targeting the affected individuals. No evidence of data manipulation or service disruption was reported beyond the possible exposure of the aforementioned personal details.
In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, parking.brussels informed the Belgian Data Protection Authority of the incident on Friday 20 June 2025. The agency and its provider subsequently sent email notifications to all individuals for whom they possessed an email address, advising them to exercise caution regarding unsolicited contacts. A formal complaint was lodged with the local police by parking.brussels to pursue investigation of the intrusion. These actions constituted the agency’s response to the security event, aimed at mitigating further harm and fulfilling legal obligations.