World leaders’ personal details leaked

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama. Source: AP

PERSONAL details of every world leader attending the Brisbane G20 summit were accidentally leaked by Australia's immigration department, and they were kept in the dark about it, The Guardian reports.

The passport numbers and visa details of leaders, along with other personal details of leaders including US president Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin were reportedly passed on to organisers of the Asian Cup football tournament in an email.

German chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese president Xi Jinping and British PM David Cameron's details were all exposed in an email sent by an employee of the Australian Immigration Department.

The privacy breach occurred in November last year and the Australian Privacy Commissioner was contacted by the agency seeking advice.

British PM David Cameron's details were accidentally leaked. Source: Getty Images

In an email marked "URGENT", obtained by the Guardian, the commissioner was informed of the breach, caused by "human error".

"The personal information which has been breached is the name, date of birth, title, position nationality, passport number, visa grant number and visa subclass held relating to 31 international leaders (ie prime ministers, presidents and their equivalents) attending the G20 leaders summit," the officer wrote.

"The cause of the breach was human error. [Redacted] 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."

The email trail reveals the commission recommended the world leaders not be informed of the breach.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was also part of the breach. Source: AP

Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

World leaders’ personal details leaked

Dengan url

http://segarasa.blogspot.com/2015/03/world-leadersa-personal-details-leaked.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

World leaders’ personal details leaked

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

World leaders’ personal details leaked

sebagai sumbernya