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DII-2023-00160
ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.

Au: Federal government could pay millions in compensation over asylum seeker data breach

The Australian government may be liable for tens of millions of dollars in compensation to asylum seekers after it posted their personal details online while they were in immigration detention. The mass data breach...

17 September 2023 · Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
17 September 2023
DII-2023-001605 sources ↓
Quick facts
Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
17 September 2023
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Accidental exposure and misconfiguration
Industry
Government and public sector

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
Au: Federal government could pay millions in compensation over asylum seeker data breach
17 September 2023
theguardian.com
discovered by Guardian Australia in 2014
theguardian.com
allegedly threaten asylum seekers
austlii.edu.au
decision from the Administrative Appeals Tribunal
theguardian.com
The Guardian