FedEx data breach: 119,000 passports or photo IDs found on unsecured server

Thousands of FedEx (FDX) customers’ private information was exposed after the company left scanned passports, driver’s licenses and other personal documentation on a publicly accessible server.

The incident was first discovered by researchers at a German-based security center called Kromtech earlier this month.

According to the security firm, the server belonged to Bongo International, a company that helped customers with shipping calculations and currency translations. FedEx purchased Bongo in 2014 but renamed the company FedEx Cross-Border International a year later before discontinuing the service in April 2017.