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RobotMonster writes:
"The Guardian reports that a vast database containing the full names, nationalities, location, arrival date, and boat arrival information for a third of all asylum seekers held in Australia -- almost 10,000 adults and children -- had been inadvertently released by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in one of the most serious privacy breaches in Australia's history.
The disclosure of the database is a major embarrassment for the federal government, which has adopted a policy of extreme secrecy on asylum-seeker issues. As the department is likely to have breached Australia's privacy laws, it will be interesting to see what the repercussions are for the people who should be held responsible."
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by mechanicjay on Friday February 21 2014, @10:39PM
I'm in the final stages of rolling out a two factor authentication system at work. This is on the recommendation of our auditors and insurance co in direct response to a databreach in the fall.
Even the minor breach, actually got the higher-ups scared enough that security has become somewhat of a hot topic around the organization.
Even so, today as I was assisting a user with enrolling their account and token they lamented, "All of this because someone let their password out, I'm so annoyed." To which I responded, "If it wasn't someone, it would have been someone else eventually. This stops password leaks from ever being an issue."
Again, people are just hostile to anything tech people say that might be seen as an inconvenience. Never mind that the directive came from the top. Never mind that you, user, have access to *MY* person information with your account. Go ahead and tell me it's dumb -- thanks.
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