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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Victorian Cults Panel Accidentally Shares Sensitive Emails to Sect Members: 'I Feel Devastated'

Victorian lawmakers accidentally exposed anonymous cult inquiry survivors in an email error, overshadowing a landmark report calling for tougher coercive control laws. (Credit: Rexness/Wikimedia Commons)

A Victorian parliamentary committee investigating coercive high-control groups accidentally leaked the personal email addresses of hundreds of anonymous survivors, members, and journalists in Melbourne.

The breach occurred when officials distributed a publication notice without applying blind carbon copy protocols, instantly overshadowing a landmark report detailing 39 recommendations to combat abuse.

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