Privacy Breach In Canadian Passport Application Site

Joanna Karczmarek sends us news of a massive privacy breach in the Government of Canada passport website. "A security flaw in Passport Canada's website has allowed easy access to the personal information — including social insurance numbers, dates of birth and driver's license numbers — of people applying for new passports. ... The breach was discovered last week by an Ontario man completing his own passport application. He found he could easily view the applications of others by altering one character in the Internet address displayed by his Web browser."

Comments

Re:Bad Monkey!!!!

[Hotawa Hawk-eye]

What if the boss had these options:

Option A and B: A & B achieve identical functionality but B comes with an enormous security breach. Implementing A costs one million dollars more than implementing B.

WWDPHBD? [What Would Dilbert's Pointy Haired Boss Do?]