Locations and Contact Data on 515,000 Vulnerable People Stolen in Red Cross Data Breach (techcrunch.com) 23
A cyberattack targeting a contractor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross has spilled confidential data on more than 515,000 "highly vulnerable" people, many of whom have been separated from their families due to conflict, migration and disaster. From a report: The Red Cross did not name the contractor, based in Switzerland, which it uses to store data nor say what led to the security incident, but said that the data comes from at least 60 Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies. In a statement, the international organization pleaded with the attackers not to publicly share or leak the information given the sensitivity of the data.
Duplicate? (Score:2)
Is this not related to https://it.slashdot.org/story/... [slashdot.org]
What a bummer (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, you mean this is yet another dupe on Slahdot? Well color me surprised.
Related: in a comment to the earlier post [slashdot.org], I criticized the editors for having a copy/paste duplication of the article in the summary. Now I can criticize the editors for duplicating the whole damn thing!
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Hacked! (Score:2)
Maybe /. got hacked too to get these dupes. :P
This story (Score:2)
Is about 2-3 stories down.
I didn't know the rivalry between slashdot authors (Score:2)
was so strong. Almost as intense as tornado chasers in Twister!
Duplicate story (Score:2)
https://it.slashdot.org/story/... [slashdot.org]
Only 2 stories between dupes now? (Score:2)
Seems like the Slashdot editors aren't even trying anymore.
I'm just surprised the 2 stories aren't about crypto.
This is why we can't flag posts any more (Score:2)
The "management" got tired of stories posted to the front page by "editors" being flagged as "dupe".
Instead of firing the incompetents they have embraced incompetence.
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Huh. I didn't know Slashdot was British.
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Nah, if it was the editors responsible would have been sacked.
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Nah, if it was the editors responsible would have been sacked.
So have those responsible for sacking the editors been sacked themselves?
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That job was outsourced to a Mr. G. Khan.
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So far as I know, karma is still capped. So you can't amass it beyond a certain point. I use it to say unpopular things, some of which I have watched become more popular views on Slashdot over time. If that makes me a whore, then I shall put on the red light henceforth.
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The moderation system already rewards incompetence. Why did you expect the editors to be different?
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Data like the identity and current residence of refugees escaping totalitarian regimes. Some of whom may have family members left behind which the government can use as hostages.
Not necessarily families in need of aid. But some oppressive governments have been known to track [wikipedia.org] their expatriates all over the world.
Bring Your Own Booze (Score:1)
Slashdot editors are organizing a work session in the garden
Red Cross deferring blame (Score:3)