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Tag Archives: authentication

Woeful explanation offered in Kela disclosure case

20-May-08

You may have read about the recent incident in which a client of the Social Insurance Institution, aka Kela—an insurer owned by the Finnish state—was presented with confidential medical insurance data of a complete stranger. This occurred as the client had logged into a Kela web service in order to view her own information. Kela [...]

Police investigate case of 80,000 user names and password hashes made public

15-Oct-07

Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is leading an international police inquiry into the case of some 80 000 user names and …