Data breach exposes details of 25,000 current and former BBC employees

Security incident at pension scheme being taken extremely seriously', but broadcaster says there is no evidence of a ransomware attack

The BBC has launched an investigation after the details of more than 25,000 current and former employees were exposed in a data breach.

The corporation's pension scheme wrote to members on Wednesday to say their details had been stolen in a data security incident that it was taking extremely seriously".