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paulzolo

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Another data security Fail

Regardless of motives or intent, BT have cocked up on data security.


	Quote: BT has admitted it sent the personal details of more than 500 customers as an unsecured document to legal firm ACS:Law, following a court order.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11434809

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Re: Another data security Fail

Apparently leak of data from ACS:Law was not even that difficult. They simply cloned their archive when they switched servers and it was all available to anyone who searched, all in plain text. :oops:

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