Centrelink Data Breach (2016)
Centrelink
lowVERIS
Disclosed
October 24, 2016
3441 days ago
Records
Undisclosed
Confirmed
Root Cause
Human Error
Industry
Government
Description
The latest federal government data breach is being blamed on a rookie email error, someone at the giant Department of Human Services hitting the CC button on an email instead of the BCC button.