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The eggheads at High IQ Society Mensa have denied reports that their website was hacked earlier this year, says The Register.
Instead, the society speculated that the leak of personal information, currently under investigation by authorities, could be an inside job.
A series of cyberattacks in January and February left security staff shaking their heads as they tried to resolve the issue. Following the attacks, some members’ personal information was exposed.
Mensa responded with a series of investigations by its IT contractors that found there was no external breach. A thorough investigation into system security and processes followed.
Chris Leek, Chairman of British Mensa, stated in an email viewed by The Register last Friday:
“Reports at the time appeared to be designed to discredit Mensa by suggesting that we had been ‘hacked’ i.e. there had been a breach of data t…
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