Sexual activity data included in leak of 550,000 folks who gave blood in Australia since 2010
28 Oct 2016 at 01:56, Simon Sharwood Australia's Red Cross has admitted to a significant data breach that saw haveibeenpwned.com sent a file containing records on 550,000 blood donors. The source of the file, or just who has been able to access it, are not known.Red Cross Australia chief executive Shelly Park says, in a canned statement, that "a back-up copy of an online enquiry database [was] accessed by an unauthorised person."
Park says the file "contained registration information of 550,000 donors made between 2010 and 2016. The file was part of an online application to give blood and information such as names, addresses, dates of birth and some personal details are included in the questionnaire."
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