Beta.Southglos.gov.uk

A data exposure incident affected the beta version of the South Gloucestershire Council website in the United Kingdom. The incident involved the accidental publication of sensitive information due to a misconfiguration on the beta subdomain. Exposed data included personal details of residents who interacted with local government services during the testing phase of the new platform. Security researchers identified that the records were accessible without authentication. The council took immediate steps to secure the portal and notify affected individuals once the vulnerability was reported. This breach highlights the risks associated with staging and beta environments containing real user data.