General Australia Accidentally Leaked the Personal Information of All the G20 Leaders

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Australia accidentally revealed the private information of the world's most powerful people, when it sent details from leaders who attended November's Brisbane G20 summit to the organizers of a soccer tournament. Once aware of the security breach, Australian authorities decided not to tell figures like Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama that their information had been shared.

In an email released under a freedom of information after a request by the Guardian, Australian immigration officials admit that the passport numbers, dates of birth, and visa details of 31 world leaders were accidentally forwarded to a local organizing committee of the 2015 Asian Cup soccer tournament.

"The cause of the breach was human error," an immigration officer wrote in the email. "[Redacted name] failed to check that the autofill function in Microsoft Outlook had entered the correct person's details into the email 'To' field. This led to the email being sent to the wrong person."

"Given that the risks of the breach are considered very low and the actions that have been taken to limit the further distribution of the email, I do not consider it necessary to notify the clients of the breach," it concludes.

 
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FireCat

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Wait, are the names and birth dates of world leaders secret?
There is nothing strange about this. > Personal information given out to the wrong people. Might be bad for you.

Accname
So,what's your real name and birth date? Maybe we can "send an email to everyone with your info ?"
 
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