Jealous of all the attention the U.S. and UK are getting for their magnificent data security breaches, Canada stepped up its own efforts to join in with the other cool kids. Naturally, their screw-up was less than spectacular, to say the least. When Passport Canada developed its online website for Canadians to apply for passports*, they apparently forgot to secure the data particularly well. Last week, Jamie Laning of Huntsville, Ontario discovered that by changing a couple of characters in the address in his browser, he could open other people's applications, which included all kinds of personal data. And, he... promptly informed the authorities, who immediately shut down the site and issued apologies but, in an half-hearted effort to be "more American," they reportedly didn't totally fix the problem. Buck up, northern friends! It takes a longer period of sovereignty to reach American levels of government fuckuppery, but you'll get there eventually, eh!
Even Canadian Hackers Are Nice
Even Canadian Hackers Are Nice
Even Canadian Hackers Are Nice
Jealous of all the attention the U.S. and UK are getting for their magnificent data security breaches, Canada stepped up its own efforts to join in with the other cool kids. Naturally, their screw-up was less than spectacular, to say the least. When Passport Canada developed its online website for Canadians to apply for passports*, they apparently forgot to secure the data particularly well. Last week, Jamie Laning of Huntsville, Ontario discovered that by changing a couple of characters in the address in his browser, he could open other people's applications, which included all kinds of personal data. And, he... promptly informed the authorities, who immediately shut down the site and issued apologies but, in an half-hearted effort to be "more American," they reportedly didn't totally fix the problem. Buck up, northern friends! It takes a longer period of sovereignty to reach American levels of government fuckuppery, but you'll get there eventually, eh!