Reports are coming in that the Information Commissioner s Office has started investigating FIFA, the world football governing body, over allegations that details of thousands of World Cup fans including their passport data were accessed by one or more members of staff and then sold on the black market. Over 500,000 leaked credentials tied to the top two dozen leading gaming companies are for sale online. The information exposed in a public cloud bucket included PII, church-donation information, photos and users contact lists.
Source: https://threatpost.com/fifa-being-investigated-stolen-passport-data-091010/74453/