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Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Bureau of Statistics Data Breach (2016)

Australian Bureau of Statistics

lowVERIS
Disclosed

January 1, 2016

3738 days ago

Records

5.0K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Human Error

Industry

Government

Description

The Australian Bureau of Statistics inadvertently released contact names linked to more than 5,000 Queensland businesses in what was described as a "human error".