Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were discovered unprotected online, exposing personal information of individuals worldwide due to inadequate security measures.
The exposed data includes sensitive information
Jun 11, 2026
03:05 pm
What's the storyA security breach has exposed nearly a million personal identity documents, including passports and driver's licenses, on the public internet.
The issue was flagged by security researcher Sammy Azdoufal, who discovered over 985,000 photo IDs accessible without any password or access control.
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