Security Flaws Across UK Government Sites Exposed ‘God-Tier’ Information
A security researcher scanning publicly available code discovered vulnerabilities across multiple UK government websites that left sensitive government and potentially personal information exposed. The flaws were described as giving access to highly privileged data spanning several departments.
Why this matters: When a single researcher, just reading public code, can find this kind of access across multiple government departments, that is not a one-off slip. That is a systemic problem. Government sites hold tax records, benefits data, immigration files, health information — things people had no choice but to hand over. The people whose data was at risk never agreed to that risk. The accountability question is simple: who inside government was responsible for catching this, and why did it take an outside researcher to find it?
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators
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