ABC data leak exposes trove of sensitive commercial information

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has accidentally leaked sensitive information revealing logins, passwords and backups connected with ABC’s commercial operations, tech website ITNews has revealed.

Research site Kromtech Security Center discovered a “trove of data” from ABC Commercial, when the researchers ran a regular online search of poorly setup cloud computing sites.

ABC has warned staff members to remain “impartial”

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