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1M Passports Leaked Online

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/one-million-passports-leaked-online.html
18•garo-pro•1h ago

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dgellow•1h ago
Oh god that’s pretty bad

> The documents were hosted by systems used by cannabis clubs and a company called Nefos, which operates PuffPal, a platform that manages membership and age verification for cannabis retailers and clubs across Europe. The infrastructure storing these identity documents—full passport scans, driver’s licenses with photos, names, and identifying numbers—was left completely unprotected on publicly accessible web servers.

I cannot imagine the level of fines under GDPR for leaking that much PII

real_chudson•15m ago
The EU's verification laws will ensure much more of these leaks in the future, and therefore much more fines
dgellow•1h ago
Could we update the link to the original article? https://cambridgeanalytica.org/data-breaches-scandals/passpo...
ericpauley•9m ago
CA article is just AI;dr on a two week old Verge article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-c...
raverbashing•1h ago
That's good, just grab one of those whenever your need to prove your age online /s

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