Bureau van Dijk

In July 2021 the business intelligence firm Bureau van Dijk which is owned by Moodys Analytics suffered a significant data exposure. The incident involved a massive dataset containing detailed corporate and personal information of individuals associated with private companies globally. The breach originated from an unsecured database or a third party exposure leading to the public availability of millions of records including professional details and tax identification numbers. This exposure posed risks for phishing and corporate espionage due to the high value of the business intelligence data involved.