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Telecoms and IT provider Ogi Networks Limited, which is closely linked altnet Ogi who recently deployed a full fibre (FTTP) broadband network to cover more than 118,000 premises across South Wales (inc. a small part of England), has been “reprimanded” by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a cyber-attack exposed children’s information.
Just to be clear. A reprimand by the ICO reflects an official notice of law infringement (data protection), which sits a step above an informal warning. But crucially such violations aren’t typically considered serious enough to attract a financial penalty (fine) or strict enforcement notice.
According to the reprimand notice, Ogi (ONL) had long provided managed IT services to the Local Government Data Unit in Wales (Data Cymru). Data Cymru in turn offers a range of specialist services (e.g. Wi-Fi, licensing services for MS Office 365/anti-virus, managed backup and IT support etc.) designed to help local councils and other organisations to find, collect, analyse and present data effectively.