50,000 personal records relating to Australian government employees as well as employees of two banks and a utility were exposed to the internet due to a misconfigured Amazon cloud storage server. The data exposed included names, phone numbers, IDs, passwords, some credit card numbers and details about staff salaries and expenses. The government says the data was historical and partially anonymized and not classified or related to national security. It is the latest in a string of significant breaches to have affected Australia, with the biggest known breach of Australians’ personal information being revealed in October 2016.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/australian-government-contractor-exposed-50000-records-a-10432