Foreign Ministry Reveals Email Addresses of Over 2000 Australians

Foreign Ministry Reveals Email Addresses of Over 2000 Australians
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Australia’s foreign ministry, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has unintentionally revealed the personal email addresses of over two thousand citizens currently stranded overseas after a staff member accidentally chose the wrong setting for a group email.

Addressing the breach in a post on Twitter, DFAT apologised for unintentionally disclosing the email addresses of stranded Australians they are trying to help get home and said that no other personal information was disclosed.

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