Thousands of attempts have been made to hack into the computers of Britain’s largest provider of abortion services, BPAS, the BBC has learned.

Last month, a man was jailed for stealing the details of 10,000 women who had sought advice from BPAS.

In the five weeks since his arrest, 2,500 other attempts have been made to hack into BPAS’s systems.

BPAS said all these hacking attempts had been foiled. It reassured women that their details remained safe.

BBC correspondent Michael Buchanan said that research into the IP addresses of the computers used during the attempted hacking had revealed that almost half came from the United States.

via BBC News – Thousands of attempts to hack abortion provider BPAS.