According to this link, https://www.abc.net.au/news/
health/2019-08-15/bupa- immigration-medical-data- breach/11413740, the personal health information of 317 people applying for Australian visas was accidentally emailed to a member of the general public, an ABC investigation has revealed. The security bungle occurred when a spreadsheet was sent by mistake to an unknown individual’s email address, because of a typo.
Documents obtained under a Freedom of Information request by the ABC reveal that in August 2015, an SHP employee accidentally sent the names, dates of birth, and passport numbers of 317 people, along with “brief notes, summaries and comments about the status of the medical tests being conducted” to an unknown Gmail address.
It was a mistake that would eventually lead Google Australia to intervene.
About the Author
The opinions expressed in this post belongs to the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Information Security Buzz.
