{"id":1076,"date":"2008-05-12T09:22:45","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T09:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2008-05-12T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2008-05-12T09:22:45","slug":"hong-kong-immigration-out-foxed-by-foxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irdial.com\/blogdial\/?p=1076","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Immigration out foxed by Foxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sahil Nagpal
\nTopNews.in
\nMay 9th, 2008<\/p>\n

Hong Kong – A government investigation was underway Friday after it was revealed that confidential files from the Immigration Department had been mistakenly leaked on to the internet.<\/p>\n

The list, which contained a list of the names of people for officers to watch, plus travel document information and travel records, has been available on the internet since Monday through a file-sharing programme called “Foxy.”<\/p>\n

The blunder occurred after a newly-recruited immigration officer working at the Lok Ma Chau border point took home some old classified files to study without authorisation.<\/p>\n

His computer contained the “Foxy” programme and when he connected to the internet, the files were distributed without his knowledge.<\/p>\n

The security blunder is the latest in a series in Hong Kong in the last week.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, banking giant HSBC was forced to apologise to customers after it admitted it had lost the data of 159,000 accounts from a Hong Kong branch.<\/p>\n

The data was held on a internet server which is understood to have gong missing in April from the Kwun Tong branch of the bank while it was undergoing renovation last month.<\/p>\n

The Hospital Authority also admitted this week to the loss of data of thousands of patients in several incidents.<\/p>\n

In one case, a USB flashdrive containing the files of 10,000 patients from the Prince of Wales Hospital was lost after a hospital worker who was transferring the data left it in a taxi.<\/p>\n

Lawmaker James To, the vice-chairman of the Legislative Council security panel said the immigration department security breach was by far the most serious of all three.<\/p>\n

“This data is more private, it gives the detailed record of people’s travelling history,” he said.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the security panel Lau Kong-wah said the leak was unforgivable<\/b>.<\/p>\n

“The data is sensitive information. Not only the Immigration Department, but all government organisations should review their data-privacy systems to prevent similar cases,” he said.<\/p>\n

Security Secretary Abromse Lee has said the officer concerned would face disciplinary action after an investigation. (dpa)<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.topnews.in\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My emphasis.<\/p>\n

It is not only unforgivable, but it is also undoable, and the latter is more important.<\/p>\n

If you read BLOGDIAL, you can relate this story in ‘the Google between your ears™’ to all the other BLOGDIAL posts on this subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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