'Contract worker stole all Israelis' personal information'

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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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