Sunday, October 23, 2011

What?



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2 comments:

  1. The mind boggles at this.

    "'Contract worker stole all Israelis' personal information'
    By JPOST.COM STAFF
    10/24/2011 13:16

    Information was used to create searchable database with sensitive information of every Israeli, living and deceased; computer technician put the database on the Internet for anyone in the world to access.

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    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.....A copy of the software program, devoid of any protection mechanisms, was later obtained by a computer technician who uploaded it to the Internet. He even created a website with detailed instructions explaining how to download and use the Argon program with Israeli citizens' personal information."

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

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  2. Should that read "abandoned" instead of
    "substituted"? As written it seems to read the opposite of what I think is intended. (Not trying to be the grammar police here, just a volunteer editor.) ;)

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