article_snippet: An employee of the Australian immigration department accidentally e-mailed a member of the Asian Cup football organising committee a cache of sensitive data including passport and visa numbers.
article_snippet: The Guardian reported that an Australian immigration official accidentally e-mailed the passport numbers, visa details and other information about world leaders to an Asian Cup organiser on November 7.
article_snippet: The mistake arose after the immigration worker failed to check that the autofill function on the email system had addressed the email correctly, The Guardian said.
article_snippet: The prime minister and the immigration minister must explain this serious incident and the decision not to inform those affected,' The prime minister and the immigration minister told The Guardian.
article_snippet: Australia's immigration department today confirmed there had been a data breach, but gave no details and did not say whether 31 international leaders had since been informed.
article_snippet: a data breach was immediately referred to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner,' a spokeswoman for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection said in a statement. '
article_snippet: The data was immediately deleted by the recipient and was not distributed further.'
article_snippet: Australia hosted the Asian Cup in January.
article_snippet: a spokeswoman for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection said the Department of Immigration and Border had reviewed and strengthened a spokeswoman for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection email protocols to limit and contain future breaches.
highlights_snippet: Immigration official sent data to Asian Cup football tournament organiser .
  