Thousands of people who entered competitions on The Sun website have been warned that their personal data might have been stolen.
The paper's publisher, News Group, mentioned the data was taken when the site was hacked on 19 July.
Some of the details, inclusive applications is to Miss Scotland contest, have been posted online.
The firm mentioned it had reported the matter to the military and the Information Commissioner.
News International, News Group's primogenitor company, released a matter that said: "We take patron data exceedingly severely and are using the applicable authorities to finish this matter.
"We are right away contacting any patron affected by this."
The stolen data is believed to add names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses and phone numbers.
No financial or cue data was compromised, the firm said.
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