Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Dfat Australia accidentally compromised the personal contact details of 2,727 stranded overseas people in a data security incident.

The foreign department informed and apologized from the impacted persons and conformed that no other personal information was disclosed in the attack.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/30/data-breach-dfat-reveals-email-addresses-of-vulnerable-australians-stranded-overseas

"id": "AUS23366422",
"linkid": "department-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "7",
"explanation": "Attack that could injure or kill people"
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