Researcher claims ADFW data was easily accessible online“Responsible disclosure is crucial”“The goal is always to notify the organisation privately and give them the opportunity to fix the issue before it is abused,”“a vulnerability in a third-party vendor-managed storage environment relating to a limited subset of ADFW 2025 attendees. ADFW takes, and has always taken, data protection and platform security extremely seriously, and any breaches of security are also taken with utmost seriousness. The environment was secured immediately upon identification, and our initial review indicates that access activity was limited to the researcher that identified the issue. “basic and simplemistakeruns counter to how the state likes to present itself.”“massive data breach”,“pretty appalling”. “total assets represented during the week surpassed $62 trillion”.

Source: The Times February 18, 2026 14:50 UTC