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"The Cloud" Facilitates Worst Known Leak of Government Material To-date
Over at the Privacy News Online blog, Rick Falkvinge writes about Sweden's lack of foresight and knowledge regarding the nature of hosted services and what kind of data they might be appropriate for:
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.
Soure: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2017/07/swedish-transport-agency-worst-known-governmental-leak-ever-is-slowly-coming-to-light/ [privateinternetaccess.com]
