NZ New Zealand Ministry of Justice 2013 Technical Error (Q12043)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | NZ New Zealand Ministry of Justice 2013 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2013
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The Labour Party says a second person has come forward alerting it to what it calls significant holes in the Ministry of Justices website. The ministry shut down parts of the website on Tuesday after Labour MP Clare Curran said she was approached by a whistleblower who had accessed ministry passwords and databases through a search engine on the site. Ms Curran, the partys information technology spokesperson, said the information provided included a password to an online payment system and she informed the Justice Ministry and its minister, Judith Collins. Ms Curran said a second person has been allowed easy access to more than 60,000 documents in the Tenancy Tribunal section of the website. She says Ms Collins is attempting to downplay the matter - but it is a serious security issue. This (English)
