Ireland
Data Commission subject of security breach
Thursday, 8 May 2008 20:33
The office of the Data Protection Commissioner, which aims to protect people's privacy, has been the subject of a security breach.
A blogger succeeded in getting access to information on the commissioner's website, before it was officially released.
Details of the Data Protection Commissioner's Annual Report for 2007 were published on an Irish blog yesterday.
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The full report was released at 11am this morning and is available on the commissioner's website.
Audio & Video
- Six One News: Watch the video
- Morning Ireland: Billy Hawkes, Data Commissioner, says a blogger accessed the 2007 annual report, which was due to be published later this morning
- Morning Ireland: Damien Mulley, technology consultant and blogger, says parts of the report were publicly available on the website from yesterday
