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Department of Home Affairs

1 Jul 2023 · National · Government & Public Sector

Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

The federal Department of Home Affairs officially acknowledged an accidental privacy data leak wherein internal administrative web staff inadvertently published the proprietary personal and commercial data strings of 50 small business operators online.

Incident details

Organisation

Department of Home Affairs

Date

1 Jul 2023

Attack type

Data Breach

Severity

CRITICAL

Sector

Government & Public Sector

State

National

Records affected

50 small businesses

Threat actor

Human Error

Source

cyberdaily.au ↗

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