World leaders’ personal details accidentally leaked
PERSONAL details of every world leader attending the Brisbane G20 summit were accidentally leaked by Australia’s immigration department, and they were kept in the dark about it, The Guardian reports.
The passport numbers and visa details of leaders, along with other personal details of leaders including US president Barack Obama and Russian president Vladimir Putin were reportedly passed on to organisers of the Asian Cup football tournament in an email.
German chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese president Xi Jinping and British PM David Cameron’s details were all exposed in an email sent by an employee of the Australian Immigration Department.
The privacy breach occurred in November last year and the Australian Privacy Commissioner was contacted by the agency seeking advice.
