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Rather than unverified nonsense about the 'scrapping' of state national digital ID plans @andyburnham, it's now time to make it a *reality* considering the state of UK data-breaches across multiple departments and agencies.

[Tim Bradshaw @tim]

SCOOP: Apple has launched a new legal challenge against the UK's attempt to force it to create a "back door" to access customer cloud data https://t.co/qAQiO3mKfx

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@Telegraph The only brute-force being shown right now is from ransomware groups hacking UK state agencies. Social media bans won't stop databreaches🙄

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The only 'brute-force' shown is from ransomware groups hacking state agencies, incl. The Dept for Education, UK Statement Investment Agency & Police National Legal Database.

As usual, the State have their priorities wrong and it's the public who pay the heaviest price.

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- Full names & contact details: 100,000+ officers/staff
- Data incl. officials from MoD, Home Office, NCA, CPS
- Source of breach: The Police National Legal Database
- Same group responsible for DfE breach last week, 607,000 records

How bad do things have to get @andyburnham?

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@PolitlcsUK @billcurtis0 Same group [ExfilSquad] that breached DfE on or around 26th July:

https://t.co/yTPpyWN2A4

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607,000 records pulled from two systems: Turing Scheme & Help Desk portals.

Names, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, job titles of education sector contacts incl. govt officials.

And just *how* is a national digital ID system viable with such serious breaches?

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@TheBernician @OffGuardian0 And sadly, Michael, this is the same Act that remains on the statute book. However 'powered-down' it might be.

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Full story from @guardian

https://t.co/d0dELUWmcH

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Not a good week for Data Breach Britain.

- Dept. for Education: 607,000 records pulled from two portals incl. details of govt officials.

- UKGI: 51 govt officials details left exposed for 40hrs.

Cybersecurity resilience must be the #1 priority, not One Login centralisation.

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- Britons don't like centralised state identity systems
- Britons don't like National ID
- The state has had at least 20 years to modernise infrastructure & strengthen cybersecurity

- The state dream of modern digital governance is not achievable

https://t.co/uxZskLELWS

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@AllisonPearson And power-mad women like Michie who wanted face-coverings forever.

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The Department for Education has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after hackers gained access to hundreds of thousands of lines of information in a cyberattack.
Story ⬇️
https://t.co/dysS633WxQ

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You can read the committee report here:

https://t.co/GVw8QukuUZ

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Key findings:

- Data breach not discovered for 1.5 years
- Data breach was preventable
- Extraordinary secrecy used by HMG
- Not simply human error: poor systems, weak oversight

A public interest existed & the public should have been informed a breach had occurred.

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Attacks keep on coming because the crims keep getting hits & using pulled data for secondary attacks.

The painful truth is that the govt haven't learned from past mistakes yet want to modernise digital services. It's dangerous and it's going to cost the public dearly.

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They're not just soft targets, they're high-value targets.

Imagine a scenario where One Login is integrated with DfE on an identity verification level using SSO.

You're looking at an even greater risk of compromise & larger blast surface potentially impacting multiple depts.

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@richimedhurst Looking forward to the bible, Richie 🫡

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@PoliticsTheory1 @GuidoFawkes Likely. DfE have confirmed, but not officially through govt comms

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@Footgolfexpert @GuidoFawkes

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@totti99city @GuidoFawkes @Dominic2306 They didn't lose the records. They were nicked.