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Telecoms customers’ personal data found using Google

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By Steven Raeburn, N/A

June 9, 2013 | 2 min read

Whilst news continues to emerge of the extent of the US Government’s PRISM programme, it has emerged separately that recordings of telephone calls containing personally identifiable information of customers of Australia's IF Telecom have been uploaded and were available online.

An investigation is now underway

The Age reported that the data could be found using a Google search.

“The audio files found on the internet contain business managers confirming telephone contract agreements to an IF Telecom operator. Information read aloud during the calls by business customers includes their name and position, business name, date of birth, drivers' licence number and expiry date, business street address and business telephone number,“ it was reported.

"We're going to launch an investigation and we're going to take the site down immediately," IF Telecom operations manager Nick Holden said.

"We've got an FTP site; it's password protected. So no, we weren't aware that this could happen. That's all I can say at the moment," he said.

The data has now been removed.

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