"Real estate agents manage sensitive tenant and landlord data on a daily basis, including lease agreements, identification documents, payslips and personal references. Online platforms enable agents to store these documents in the cloud and make them accessible via hyperlinks.
An analysis of seven rent platforms … revealed millions of leasing documents could be accessed by threat actors."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/02/real-estate-agents-in-australia-using-apps-that-leave-millions-of-lease-documents-at-risk-digital-researcher-says
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Isn’t data security covered during their 2 week tafe course?
Obviously this would be the case. Renters aren’t gonna have enough money to sue them
Yeah no shit. I am just waiting for the day my identity is stolen and/or worse. Half of Sydney has my previous + current passport, bank info, payslips/employment history going back 10 years, my fucking cats’ medical records etc. All this for the privelege of paying someone 30 grand a year for some shitbox