Monday, March 30, 2015

G20 World Leaders Personal Details Accidentally Leaked



The Guardian: Personal details of world leaders accidentally revealed by G20 organisers

Exclusive: Obama, Putin, Merkel, Cameron, Modi and others kept in the dark after passport numbers and other details were disclosed in Australia’s accidental privacy breach

The personal details of world leaders at the last G20 summit were accidentally disclosed by the Australian immigration department, which did not consider it necessary to inform those world leaders of the privacy breach.

The Guardian can reveal an employee of the agency inadvertently sent the passport numbers, visa details and other personal identifiers of all world leaders attending the summit to the organizers of the Asian Cup football tournament.

WNU Editor: I call this an "ooopppsss moment".

More News On G20 World Leaders Personal Details Being Accidentally Leaked

Australian official 'accidentally' reveals details of Barack Obama and other world leaders -- The Telegraph
G20 world leaders' data emailed to football organisers -- BBC
Autofill error leads to disclosure of world leaders' personal data -- CSM
Australia Accidentally Leaked the Personal Information of All the G20 Leaders -- Vice
Breach of G20 leaders' personal details -- SKY News
Australian immigration dept leaks G20 leaders’ passport info – report -- RT
Personal Information of 31 World Leaders Leaked in Email -- Sputnik
Australian officials embarrassed over presidential privacy bungle -- Sydney Morning Herald
Yes, Obama has a passport and an Australian official accidentally emailed out the number -- Washington Post

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