Nearly a million passports and photo IDs were unprotected on the public internet

Vulnerabilities & Exploits, Application Security & Secure Coding(theverge.com)view on HackerNews
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Author: N_A_T_E

Date: 6/16/2026

Article Summary:
A security researcher discovered that nearly a million passports and photo IDs were left unprotected on the public internet, exposing sensitive personal data of users who visited cannabis clubs in Spain.