A significant data breach occurred during the document upload process to a government website, leading to the unintended exposure of civil servants' personal metadata. Investigative journalist Joost Schellevis discovered that while the House of Representatives effectively removed metadata, the central government site did not, raising questions about potential technical or human errors. The seriousness of the breach hinges on the sensitivity of the documents. While no civil servants have reported disadvantages as a result, the Ministry of the Interior is actively investigating the extent of the breach and responding appropriately to protect privacy.
The core of the problem lies in the upload process. Documents contain metadata such as the name of the author. When published on government sites, this information should be removed to protect the civil servants' privacy.
Although there are no known cases yet where civil servants have suffered any disadvantage, the ministries involved are taking the matter seriously, with the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations confirming an official data breach procedure.
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