2026 Abu Dhabi Finance Week — 700+ passport scans exposed
Data compromised
Passport scans, state identity cards
Technical writeup
Scans of 700+ passports and state ID cards from the Dec 2025 ADFW event were discovered on an unprotected cloud storage server. Exposed individuals included former UK PM David Cameron, hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard, and Anthony Scaramucci. Third-party vendor-managed storage; secured after Financial Times contacted ADFW on Feb 17, 2026.
Root cause
Unsecured cloud storage; third-party vendor misconfiguration