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Australian Human Right Commission leaks docs and personal information in
browser indexing mishap

Date:
Thu, 15 May 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Description:
Hundreds of private documents have been exposed.

FULL STORY

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has sent a data breach
notification that concerns attachments uploaded the the Commissions web forms
on its site. This includes around 670 documents that were made potentially
accessible in error, the Commission confirms. 

Around 100 of these were actually accessed online, potentially through Bing 
or Google - which prompted the Commission to address the breach. 

The Commission takes the issue of privacy and data protection very seriously.
It is critical that people are able to securely share personal and sensitive
information with the Commission via our website. We sincerely apologise to
people who may be affected. The Commission is contacting affected individuals
for whom we have contact information to advise them of the breach. 

The breach was not a result of malicious or criminal acts, although the
details will be updated as the investigations continue. Webforms from the
Speaking from Experience Project (March  September 2024), Human Rights Awards
2023 nominations (3 July 2023  4 September 2023), and National Anti-Racism
Framework concept paper (October 2021  February 2022) were also affected by
this data breach. 

Many of these include personal information from those affected, although its
not clear specifically what was included. All affected in this incident have
reportedly been notified by the organization. 

For anyone who fears they may have been affected by this or any other breach,
we recommend monitoring your accounts, cards, and statements closely to 
ensure no suspicious activity is found.

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/australian-human-right-commission-leaks
-docs-and-personal-information-in-browser-indexing-mishap

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