Oz court slaps down Dept of Immigration over 2014 data bungle

Three judges of Australia's Federal Court have delivered a ringing blow to Australia's treasurer, Scott Morrison, saying in his former role as immigration minister he oversaw a process designed to turn a data breach investigation into a failure. The data breach occurred when the (then) Department of Immigration (since absorbed …

[LaeMing]

That's our department of immigration, allright!

[Winkypop]

Sounds about right

If it involves Gruppenführer Morrison, you know it's unfair and heartless.

[John Tserkezis]

This par for course for polititians.

"The Department hilariously demanded that journalist Asher Wolf “return” the documents she accessed in breaking the story."

I recall several years ago about a government website that due to a screwup on the mob building it, made it go live about a month early.

A fairfax reporter had obtained through an "informat" the proposed URL that was going to be used for the site, and accessed it as one would access any website. There were no data leaks here, the site was as it would be ready for official release a month ahead.

Well, a polititian found about about this (after the reporter reported it, saying it was wonderful and early) and started screaming blue bloody murder. He demanded the "informant" be revealed, and the journalist be charged for hacking.

Well, neither happened, but Fairfax made the polititan look like a right tool.

This is not the first or last time this will happen, for as long as we have brainless polititians, we'll have a plentiful supply of entertainment.

[Sanctimonious Prick]

Re: This par for course for polititians.

Yes, I remember that story too, but I wouldn't call politicians screwing with people's lives as entertainment; I do get what you mean, though.