Queensland Police Service

Queensland police accidentally released details of hundreds of firearms owners in a privacy and security breach.

The breach exposed the email addresses of all 500 recipients alon with the physical addresses and other details of firearms owners.

The breach was a result of an email sent by mistake, the police department sent another email requesting all the firearms owners to delete the earlier email.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/police-release-firearm-owner-details-in-data-breach-20210114-p56tzg.html

"id": "QUE02217622",
"linkid": "queensland-police-service",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"