Holy crap.
"Nearly a million passports and photo IDs from multiple countries were exposed across unprotected public URLs, accessible to anyone with a link. The documents remained discoverable this way for months, according to reporting by The Verge, before being taken offline."
https://cambridgeanalytica.org/data-breaches-scandals/passports-driver-licenses-exposed-public-internet-2026-51096/
Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-cannabis-club-systems-nefos-puffpal
Via an extensive series of links starting at https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/116828220896988835
#news #technology #TechNews #AgeVerification #security #leak
Stefan Bohacek
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