Second accidental data leak in four months ‘regrettable’, Australian finance department says

Incident comes as data shows government sector breaches mostly caused by human error, not criminal acts

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The finance department has accidentally shared confidential commercial information for the second time as new data reveals the number of human errors behind government data breaches.

The department has confirmed that last week it emailed 236 suppliers, and that the email included “embedded information with some third-party confidential information”.

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