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A computer hacker in Chile has published confidential records belonging to six million people on the internet.
The information was obtained by hacking into government and military servers, and was posted on a technology blog. It included ID card numbers, addresses, telephone numbers and academic records.
The hacker left a message saying the aim was to demonstrate the poor level of data protection in Chile.
Hypocrite. A rationale from an ego-smitten cellar newt.
You could perform that “public service” without jeopardizing people’s privacy.
Yeah, screw over millions of people because somebody else was negligent.
I don’t agree with publishing people’s confidential information but if the information hadn’t been published, there would no plans to protect it, either now or in the future.
There’s a saying in Mexico, and because I have 100% chilean heritage I’m sure may apply in many cases -“drowned the kid, to close the well” as literally reads, and more understandable to “now that a kid drowned, they’ll put a lid over the well”. It’s very common that the government doesn’t take measures but after some negligence related scandal that rises to the surface of mass media. It was very bold and wise of the hacker to prove his point by uploading all of this to such a very descent, loyal, and honest blog such as fayerwayer.com. They have been VERY proactive against measures taken by the government to standardize every computer-related affair to be driven by Microsoft products. They’re pro open source. I hope this actually helps to counter a very unfair government decision there to marry the least reliable brand of all.
#3, so what did 6 million people have to do with government bureaucrats deciding to use Microsoft?
“drowned the kid, to close the well”
So is that like, dump poison in the water so that the government will do more to protect it? I have a better saying:
“The ends don’t justify the means”
# 4 – Sea Lawyer
“The ends don’t justify the means”
Obviously not a real lawyer…
I wasn’t aware that people in Chile had records.
#6: In a lot of ways Chile is more organized at the government level than most countries in the world. One of their exports is actual know-how. Mexico has benefited constantly form Chile’s methods for universal health care, retirement funds, agricultural techniques, and the list goes on and on. I can be sure that there are a lot of fields that the government work better than in the US for example. In many ways Chile is classified between any of the best managed countries in Europe. Of course they have records, and pretty well organized too.
#4: As it appears in the fayerwire.com site, actually the information is not THAT private in the beginning. Government said that “the information was illegally obtained just because it wasn’t through bidding” (say what?) so it appears the information wasn’t that hard to find in the first place legally speaking.
#6: I might add as a direct reply: Nothing. Population has nothing to do. But is a very strong way to prove the point that Microsoft Sucks and it was an atrocious idea to pick them as their only IT provider. Now that Microsoft won’t move finger to actually stop those attacks, the government will be forced to rethink their IT strategy.
#7 – I stand corrected… and now that I shot off my big mouth, I have to cancel that vacation to Chile I was planning.