'Contract worker stole all Israelis' personal information'

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

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http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=242957

By JPOST.COM STAFF
10/24/2011 13:16

A contract worker from the Ministry of Labor and Welfare was charged with 
stealing the personal information of over 9 million Israelis from the 
Population Registry, the Justice Ministry announced Monday after a media 
ban was lifted.

The worker electronically copied identification numbers, full names, 
addresses, dates of birth, information on family connections and other 
information in order to sell it to a private buyer.

The information was also given to another individual who used it to design 
a software program called "Agron 2006", which exploited the database to 
allow queries of all Israeli citizens, allowing information to be 
illegally sold based on various parameters. Those parameters could include 
familial relationships of the entire Israeli population, over several 
generations.

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