Data leak at Abu Dhabi finance summit exposes politicians and business leaders

Hundreds of personal identity documents, including passports, from Abu Dhabi Finance Week attendees were recently found exposed on an unsecured cloud storage server. The data, linked to over 700 participants — including political figures and finance leaders — was publicly accessible before being secured following responsible disclosure. The incident raises serious concerns about third-party data governance and cybersecurity readiness in large-scale international events.