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UK Visa Portal spilled thousands of applicants’ passports and selfies online — and hasn’t fixed the leak

ID: 68c200c5-1866-5045-8f19-a65483c9f6f8

STIX ID: report--68c200c5-1866-5045-8f19-a65483c9f6f8

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-05-26

Date Updated: 2026-05-27

Author: Zack Whittaker

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UK Visa Portal, an unaffiliated third-party site, is publicly exposing passport scans and selfie photos of applicants; TechCrunch verified at least ~100,000 documents. The company provides no clear security/reporting contact, has not responded with management details, and the security lapse remains unpatched, placing applicants at risk of identity theft and misuse of sensitive documents.

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