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1 May 2024 Xplain AG; Bundesamt für Polizei (fedpol); Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit (BAZG)FDPIC: data protection infringements at Xplain, fedpol and FOCBS after ransomware attack SwitzerlandData processors Other

Following the hacker attack on the IT service provider Xplain, the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter, EDÖB) found that personal data of the Federal Office of Police (fedpol) and the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (BAZG) had reached Xplain via support processes without the necessary data protection safeguards. Xplain subsequently retained the data in breach of data protection law and partly in breach of contract.

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Real data does not belong in service providers' support and test environments – clients must control disclosure and deletion.

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Passing real data to service providers for support

Authority / court: Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter (EDÖB)
Area of law: Data protection · Data processors
Legal basis: Datenschutzgesetz (DSG)
Action: Other
Status of proceedings: unknown
Sector: Telecoms, IT and software
Published: 1 May 2024

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EDÖB schliesst Untersuchungen gegen das Unternehmen Xplain und die Bundesämter fedpol und BAZG ab Press release of an authority

Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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