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Thousands of doctors' details put on web
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:45:56 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/20/ndocs120.xml By Rebecca Smith Medical Editor 20/12/2007 Computer security failures that allowed sensitive personal details of junior doctors applying for training posts to be viewed by others were an "unacceptable breach of security" by the Department of Health, the Information Commissioner has found. The sensitive details of thousands of doctors, including religious beliefs and sexual orientation, could be seen by anyone logging on to the Medical Training Application Service site. The commissioner said the Department of Health had breached the Data Protection Act and warned that if it happened again the department would be prosecuted. The findings increase pressure on ministers over the handling of sensitive personal data and follows a series of security blunders. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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