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Australian Government gets a taste of what everyday people have to deal with in terms of data breaches as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's mobile phone number released online (www.abc.net.au)

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What are the chances this will lead to online data privacy reform and corporate accountability for PII for all? or just...some?

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

Federal political sources downplayed the seriousness of the issue, believing the issue was not related to a data leak or breach.

Sources noted the private contact information for politicians was often already widely available and known by stakeholders and members of the public they had interacted with. Some pointed out that politicians often kept the same contact details for years, from when they were more junior politicians who freely distributed their numbers on public documents like press releases or community announcements.