Whistleblowers in the UK raise ‘extreme’ concern about security of government’s Digital ID (www.itv.com)
from falseWhite@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 09:05
https://lemmy.world/post/40368527

Highly sensitive documents leaked to ITV News by another whistleblower show some of these concerns were investigated within the Government Digital Service and they found that “the programme is indeed carrying a high level of risk”.

“We have proved it can be compromised”: A testing team was able to access sensitive areas undetected. If this were happen as part of a real attack, a whistleblower says this could have widespread repercussions for everyday people.

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otter@lemmy.ca on 18 Dec 10:03 next collapse

In Britain specifically:

The data of millions of people in Britain is at risk as a result of significant cybersecurity issues with the government’s planned Digital ID, multiple whistleblowers have warned.

DarkCloud@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 10:31 next collapse

Nah, that’s late term Obama Derangement Syndrome. They’re all doing this because they deeply hated Obama.

supamanc@lemmy.world on 18 Dec 13:22 collapse

Nooooooooooooo! I’m shocked it tell you!