British Conservative conference app flaw reveals private data of senior MPs
Images posted to social media showed people logging in as Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and others, revealing personal information including their mobile phone numbers
A major flaw in the British Conservative Party’s official conference phone application made the private data of senior party members including cabinet ministers accessible to anyone that logged in as a conference attendee.
Images posted to social media showed people logging in as Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and others, revealing personal information including their mobile phone numbers.
The personal phone numbers and private details of Gove, Johnson’s real number and seemingly every person who registered to attend Tory conference were accessible.
The data breach could open the Conservative Party to fines and an investigation by the information commissioner, the independent authority which upholds information rights in the public interest.
The Information Commissioner’s Office said it would be making inquiries about the breach and added that “organisations have a legal duty to keep personal data safe and secure”.