Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley and Scott Morrison’s private phone numbers exposed on US marketing databases

Richard Marles says investigation under way into how the prime minister and other senior government staff’s phone numbers appeared in the databases

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Federal authorities are investigating after the private phone numbers of Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley, Scott Morrison and senior government staff were discovered to be freely available in large contact databases published by American marketing companies.

The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, whose own details were available online, said the government held “concern” over the revelation, first reported by the independent media outlet Ette Media.