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Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online – ABC News
Transport for NSW is investigating after a cloud storage folder contained back-and-front scans of thousands of NSW licences alongside tolling notices hosted on Amazon’s cloud service.
NSW Transport is yet to alert up to tens of thousands of people whose full driver’s licence details were mistakenly left exposed in an open cloud storage.
Key points:
- Transport for NSW said it is working with Cyber Security NSW to investigate the issue
- The documents feature scans of licences which reveal information such as names and addresses
- Experts say the data could be misused for identity theft purposes
The cache was discovered last week by Ukrainian se…
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