London property manager breach may have exposed bank details and lockbox codes
Keeping this information readable creates a massive risk if a connected reporting tool is ever compromised."The Register understands that City Relay sent the emails to current landlords and former users of its services. One source claimed City Relay learned of the intrusion on September 8 and notified affected customers on September 14."As property access and key-storage information was potentially included, we immediately took precautionary action to update the relevant access and key-storage codes," the emails stated. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/d'); }); "This work has now been completed.
- ▪Keeping this information readable creates a massive risk if a connected reporting tool is ever compromised."The Register understands that City Relay sent the emails to current landlords and former users of its services.
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/17/london-property-manager-breach-may-have-exposed-bank-details-and-lockbox-codes/5297232 |
| Publication time | Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:30:00 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-17T15:53:44.255Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-17T15:53:44.255Z |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); security London property manager breach may have exposed bank details and lockbox codes EXCLUSIVE City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data Connor Jones Connor Jones Cybersecurity reporter Published thu 17 Sep 2026 // 16:30 UTC READ MORE Microsoft configuration change leaves SharePoint pages drawing a blank 30 minutes ago Grassroots coalition asks politicians to choose voters over Big AI's $140M machine 1 hour ago Microsoft patch…
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