The UK Visa Portal website has exposed thousands of user passport data and photos. Reports indicate around 100,000 documents were leaked.
The breach occurred on the official UK visa application site. Personal passport information and photographs of applicants became publicly accessible online.
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Hakkeryhmä nimeltä ByteToBreach on vuotanut arkaluonteisia tietoja hallituksen IT-järjestelmästä darknetiin. Vuoto sisältää lähdekoodia, salasanoja sekä henkilötietoja CGI Swedenin hallinnoimasta alustasta. Viranomaiset kuten Cert-SE vahvistavat tietävänsä asiasta, mutta kieltäytyvät kommentoimasta.
Researchers analyzing 10 million web pages have identified 1,748 active API credentials from 14 major providers exposed across nearly 10,000 websites, including those run by banks and healthcare providers. These leaks could enable attackers to access sensitive data or gain control over digital infrastructure. Nurullah Demir of Stanford University described the issue as very significant, affecting even major companies.
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Ethiopia's Immigration and Citizenship Service issued over 1 million passports to citizens in the past nine months of fiscal year 2018. Director General Selamawit Dawit stated that the agency provides regular and emergency passports, visas, and birth certificates. Communication Director Ambo Mekasa confirmed the figures to Fana Digital.
According to new Home Office data, Indian nationals formed the largest group receiving UK study and work visa extensions in 2025. Indian student numbers rose slightly, while tighter immigration rules caused a sharp fall in dependents. China saw a decline in numbers.
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Security specialists have raised alarms over the vulnerability of online accounts, stating that almost half of all passwords in use today can be broken within minutes.