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Real estate agents in Australia using apps that leave millions of lease documents at risk, digital researcher says

ID: 5977f8df-cb60-5cef-9f82-54700167d55a

STIX ID: report--5977f8df-cb60-5cef-9f82-54700167d55a

Feed Name: The Guardian – Data & Computer Security

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2026-02-01

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Josh Taylor Technology reporter

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A security researcher found that several Australian rent-tech platforms expose millions of leasing and personal documents through publicly accessible or easily guessable hyperlinks (iterable invite codes and URL shorteners), enabling discovery and caching of sensitive tenant and landlord information; some vendors have since implemented mitigations but many providers did not respond, and the OAIC is scrutinising the sector.

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