[AusNOG] Stay Smart, is not so Smart

[Joseph Saxton]

Funny things happen to good people......

-----Original Message-----
From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
[mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of James Hodgkinson
Sent: Friday, 6 July 2012 19:58
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Stay Smart, is not so Smart

Seriously, they transferred that data unencrypted? We won't put anything
like that into 3rd-party transport without encryption :S

James

(To the list this time, sorry OP.)

On 6 July 2012 18:00, Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net> wrote:
> Some miscreant spammer might think they've won the lotto if they get 
> this....
>
>
>
> 6 July 2012
>
>
> Notification of Subscriber Data Loss
>
> Dear Subscriber
>
> We are writing to notify you that the Department has been advised by a

> former external contractor that a DVD which included information 
> provided by Stay Smart Online Alert Service subscribers was lost in
Australia Posts'
> system, after being posted on 11 April 2012.
>
> The external contractor provided the Alert Service on behalf of the 
> Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy ('the
> Department') from 2008 until 29 April 2012, when its contract with the

> Department expired.  As you may be aware, the Stay Smart Online Alert 
> Service is currently being re-developed by the Department in 
> collaboration with two new contractors.
>
> As part of the expiry of contract handover process, the original 
> contractor advised that it copied its SSO Alert Service subscriber 
> database onto a DVD and, on 11 April 2012, posted this DVD to the 
> Department using Australia Post's express post service. Unfortunately,

> this DVD was never received by the Department. The original contractor

> has informed the Department that information on the missing DVD 
> included subscribers': usernames; email addresses; memorable phrases; 
> and passwords which are unreadable (as cryptographic hash).
>
> The Department has no reason to believe that this information has been

> found and misused by any third party and we do not believe that there 
> is a privacy risk.  We are informing subscribers consistent with a
'best practice'
> approach for privacy matters.
>
> However, if you have used the same username, memorable phrase and/or 
> password for other websites or services you may wish to consider 
> whether these need to be changed.
>
> For information on password security and other tips and advice on how 
> to be safe and secure online, visit Stay Smart Online website 
> (www.staysmartonline.gov.au).
>
> Regards
>
> Stay Smart Online Team
>
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