"A financial summit accidentally exposed the passports and state identity cards of more than 700 individuals. The summit, known as Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW), is a state-sponsored event that welcomed more than 35,000 attendees in December. Scans of more than 700 passports and identification cards were stored in an unprotected cloud server associated with the event. Some notable individuals exposed include: David Cameron, former British Prime Minister Alan Howard, hedge fund billionaire Anthony Scaramucci, United States investor and former White House communications director"
"ADFW added, "The environment was secured immediately upon identification, and our initial review indicates that access activity was limited to the researcher who identified the issue." According to reports from the Financial Times (FT), this data was accessible to any individual via web browser. This was discovered by freelance security researcher and consultant Roni Suchowsk, and after FT brought the matter to ADFW's attention, the server was secured."
Scans of more than 700 passports and state identity cards from Abu Dhabi Finance Week attendees were stored in an unprotected cloud server. The event is a state-sponsored summit that hosted over 35,000 attendees in December. Notable individuals whose documents were exposed include David Cameron, Alan Howard, and Anthony Scaramucci. ADFW reported a vulnerability in a third-party vendor-managed storage environment affecting a limited subset of 2025 attendees and stated the environment was secured immediately, with initial review indicating access activity was limited to the researcher who found the issue. The exposure was discovered by freelance security researcher Roni Suchowsk and reported to ADFW by the Financial Times.
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