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[waider]

Data Commission subject of security breach, trumpets RTÉ news. Wow, that'd be embarrassing. Except all that happened was that yesterday, someone fished out a URL for a report due to be released today. OH NO3S ALL OUR PRESS RELEASE ARE BELONG TO IDIOTS.

Given the very real privacy leaks that have occurred recently (HELLO BANK OF IRELAND), it's completely crass of the alleged news media (and also some blogging types who Should Know Better) to declare this a security breach.

Comments

[jmason.livejournal.com]

The big deal is that it's ironic -- data protection commish fails to protect own data, film at 11.

[waider.livejournal.com]

There's a huge difference between accidentally leaking a document intended for public consumption and leaking confidential data given in the expectation that it would remain confidential. Conflating the two, particularly in a way that trivialises very real data leaks simply to take a cheap shot at the Data Commission, is exceedingly poor judgement.