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Some donation records were also found to be containing transaction specifics, completion statuses, and donation frequencies.
One was reported to include the names and contact details of over 70,000 individuals, likely to be donors.
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Fowler stresses that criminals would have sufficient information to pose as charities and defraud victims of money.
Moreover, the data exposed could be used by hackers in phishing scams, identity theft, and more.
The older .xls file pop in has limited encryption and password capabilities and can be vulnerable to macro viruses.
The report notes that DonorView did indeed use .xlsx files, however they lacked additional protection such as encryption.
TechRadar Pro has given DonorView an opportunity to comment, but the company did not immediately respond.
