article_snippet: (CNN)Personal details including the passport numbers of U.S. President Barack Obama and 19 other world leaders at last year's G20 summit were inadvertently released by Australia's immigration department, British newspaper the Guardian reported Monday.
article_snippet: An official mistakenly sent the passport, visa and other details of all leaders at The G20 summit to local organizers of the Asian Cup football tournament, which was held in Australia in January, British newspaper reported.
article_snippet: the recipient immediately destroyed the data and the information was not distributed further, a spokesman for Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection told CNN.
article_snippet: A spokesman for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection told CNN in a statement that the "breach was immediately referred to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
article_snippet: " "the Department of Immigration and Border has reviewed and strengthened the Department of Immigration and Border email protocols to limit and contain future breaches."READ
highlights_snippet: An Australian immigration official mistakenly sent personal details of leaders at the G20 .
  
highlights_snippet: The data was immediately destroyed by the recipient, an organizer of the Asian Cup soccer tournament .
  