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Swedish Agency Moved Nation's Secret Data to “the Cloud”

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday August 30 2017, @10:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the are-you-kidding-me? dept.

Rich26189 writes:

Sweden's Transport Agency moved all of its data to "the cloud", apparently unaware that there is no cloud, only somebody else's computer. In doing so, it exposed and leaked every conceivable top secret database: fighter pilots, SEAL team operators, police suspects, people under witness relocation. Names, photos, and home addresses: the list is just getting started. The responsible director has been found guilty in criminal court of the whole affair, and sentenced to the harshest sentence ever seen in Swedish government: she was docked half a month's paycheck.

Story here:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/07/swedish-transport-agency-worst-known-governmental-leak-ever-is-slowly-coming-to-light/

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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @12:14PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @12:14PM (#561446)

    Now they are at their weakest for a long time. Hit hard, hit fast.

    And maybe, just maybe somebody will learn a lesson.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:19PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 30 2017, @09:19PM (#561730)

    Seriously, if a civil war breaks out in Europe, Sweden is arguably the most likely place. And this kind of news gets paranoid people to think that preparations are underway.

    • (Score: 2) by qzm on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:10AM

      by qzm (3260) on Thursday August 31 2017, @01:10AM (#561896)

      I can only assume you are not from Sweden and/or dont know any people from there?

      There is a big difference between being grumpy about nearly everything, and actually doing something about it.
      When being unhappy is a national passtime, why would they want to change?