Data leak at Amstel LIVE events exposes 128,000 email addresses

A data leak affects the events De Vrienden van Amstel LIVE and Amstel LIVE in de Kroeg, with a total of 128,000 email addresses involved, a spokesperson said. De Vrienden van Amstel LIVE is held every year at Rotterdam Ahoy.

The leak occurred at Cloudbear, a supplier of the research agency Abbi Insights. Abbi Insights conducts visitor research for the events.

The exposed data include names, email addresses, phone numbers, gender, dates of birth and postcodes. That means contact details are involved, as well as gender, dates of birth and postcodes. Those affected were informed of the leak by email. The message advised them to be extra alert to phishing emails and to suspicious SMS or WhatsApp messages.

A report of the leak has been made to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch data protection authority. An investigation has been started.