Alert; for Australians stranded OS

SternAAlbifrons · Post by **SternAAlbifrons** » Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:02 pm

DFAT email fail reveals email details of at least 1,000 Australians stuck overseas during coronavirus pandemic
At least 1,000 Australians stranded overseas have had their personal email addresses shared with strangers, in an email fail by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

DFAT had issued the email to provide details of the Financial Hardship Program, which allows people to take out a small loan to tide them over or help fund their trip back to Australia.

(eg).... by her count there were 1,021 email address carbon copied (CC'd) into the correspondence she received.
"All it takes is for some idiot to get a hold of it and then take advantage of how vulnerable people are," she said.

"We request your assistance in immediately deleting that email from your IT system and refraining from any further forwarding of the email, to protect the privacy of the individuals concerned," the department wrote.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-01/ ... s/12719804

timmydownawell · Post by **timmydownawell** » Thu Oct 01, 2020 1:15 pm

Australian Government just Googled "What is BCC"