The government accidentally published the addresses of those awarded in the New Years honours list.
More than 1,000 people were named in the document that was accidentally posted on the government website last night.
For a brief time, anyone who visited the site was able to download the spreadsheet with hundreds of names and home addresses. It has since been removed.
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The document contained the postcodes and house numbers of almost every single name on the list, a list that included the likes of cricketer Ben Stokes, politician Iain Duncan Smith, and senior police officers.
Though the names of six people recognised for their service to defence were redacted.
Following the blunder, the Cabinet Office confirmed it had referred itself to the Information Commissioner's Office and it would be contacting anyone who had been affected by it.
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A spokesperson for the Cabinet Office said: "A version of the New Year Honours 2020 list was published in error which contained recipients' addresses.
"The information was removed as soon as possible. We apologise to all those affected and are looking into how this happened.
"We have reported the matter to the ICO and are contacting all those affected directly."
This year's honours list included a special mention for Sir Elton John, who was awarded the Companion of Honour - reserved for only a few dozen people - for his incredible music career.
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The 72-year-old said: "I'm humbled and honoured to be among such highly esteemed company in receiving the Companion of Honour. 2019 has turned out to be a truly wonderful year for me and I feel extraordinarily blessed."
But it wasn't just celebrities and famous faces who were singled out, D-Day veteran Harry Billinge has been made an MBE at the age of 94.
Speaking about the news, he said he would accept the honour not for himself, but for the 22,442 soldiers who were killed during the battle for Normandy.
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Mr Billinge has raised tens of thousands to help pay for the costs of building a national memorial to commemorate his fallen comrades.
He said: "I'm 94 and I only did what I did for the boys. I'm no brave man and I'm just an ordinary sapper, Royal Engineer Commando.
"I did my job and I didn't want any glory. There's no glory in war.
"Nobody should have got off the beaches at D-Day and I was lucky. I'll never forget any of the blokes I was with - 22,442 were killed and it's very difficult for me to talk about that."
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