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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Canadian citizen’s personal details shared with Russian woman in major eVisa data breach

A Canadian citizen had her passport information, immigration history and contact details erroneously shared with a Russian woman by the Home Office in an egregious example of mix-ups in the government’s eVisa system.

The data breach came to light after the Canadian woman was contacted out of the blue by a Russian citizen who had accessed her own eVisa, only to find that the other’s details had been merged with her own.

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