Access to Private Data thru gov.mu: Engineer Complaints
9 years, 10 months ago - June 05, 2014
After the disturbing discovery made on the site of the national identity card, www.mnic.mu ,this time is the safety of the site www.gov.mu that is in question.
At least that is what suggests Ish Sookun, systems engineer and development. He said he was informed by a friend that confidential information was publicly available on the government portal . He reported the matter to the Data Protection Office (DPO).
The young 29 year old man explains on his blog (http://hacklog.in) how he verified the information and made other discoveries. According to him, a list containing the names, addresses, identity card numbers, phone numbers and other personal details were visible to the public.
He also indicates that the coding of the site would include flaws and can easily be hacked. He has appealed to the DPO that the necessary measures are taken immediately.
Moreover, according to Ish Sookun, using appropriate words, the Google platform can be traced without difficulty, these confidential data.
