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I don’t have the words…
Posted by Aphra Behn on April 26, 2007
I don’t have the words to comment on this:
“The intimate details of thousands of junior doctors are left wide open on the Internet.” The report showed a spreadsheet displaying the sexual orientation, religion, criminal records, addresses, of MTAS applicants, which was freely available for anyone to see, or for any search-engine or data-trawler to harvest for hours or even days. I felt sick to my stomach as I watched.
“We apologise to any applicants whose details have been improperly accessed. This URL was made available to a strictly limited number of people making checks as part of the employment process”
- Department of Health statement
YOU DON’T FUCKING DO IT LIKE THAT!
Just because you haven’t told many people the URL doesn’t make it safe. The naivete is mind-numbing. My mind is refusing to work when I try to think about the literally criminal incompetence of the IT technical staff involved. I like to hope that they were good techies over-ruled by evil managers. But however it happened, I am breathless with anger about this.
I would show the turd covered in glitter picture again, but this doesn’t include any glitter.
April 27, 2007 at 12:48 am
As you say - breathtaking incompetence and stupidity.
May 2, 2007 at 10:52 pm
I still cannot articulate my rage about this. I think it is partly because it touches my own profession that it angers me so, and partly because of the extreme vulnerability of those who trusted MTAS with such estremely sensitive data. Not to mention the patronising insoucience of the politicians.
Breathe in, Aphra. Breathe out.
Love.
May 3, 2007 at 11:55 am
Just another reason to not answer certain questions…
May 4, 2007 at 12:07 am
Alas, I was born asking questions Dragonqueen.
AB
March 1, 2008 at 9:31 am
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