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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Australian government contractor mails
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Australian government contractor mails privacy-related sub list -- loses it
http://j.mp/M7nVmU (ZDNET)
"The Australian Government has lost a DVD containing the details of
users subscribing to its Stay Smart Online alerts service after a
contractor sent the information through Australia Post. Stay Smart
Online notified users by email yesterday, stating that the Department
of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) had been
advised by one of its contractors that a DVD containing subscriber
information had been lost. The Department has since told ZDNet that
this contractor was AusCERT and that it was meant to be responsible
for the security of the lost information. The subscription information
contained usernames, email addresses, memorable phrases (used as a
password reminder), and cryptographically hashed passwords."
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