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

The Verge • 2026-06-10T18:02

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

Typing a few letters and numbers into my web browser, I find myself gaping at the identity documents of complete strangers. The passport of a young woman from Germany. The passport of a man from Spain with glasses resting on his head. The front and back of another man's driver's license, a stereotypically goofy expression […]

What happened?

Typing a few letters and numbers into my web browser, I find myself gaping at the identity documents of complete strangers. The passport of a young woman from Germany. The passport of a man from Spain with glasses resting on his head. The front and back of another man's driver's license, a stereotypically goofy expression […]

Story details

Typing a few letters and numbers into my web browser, I find myself gaping at the identity documents of complete strangers.

The passport of a young woman from Germany.

The passport of a man from Spain with glasses resting on his head.

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Original source

https://www.theverge.com/tech/947157/passports-data-breach-cannabis-club-systems-nefos-puffpal