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FYI, apparently there was a data breach, but it would seem better to fix the issue and continue with this public service than to just shut it down completely.
by bhouston 8mo ago
FYI, apparently there was a data breach, but it would seem better to fix the issue and continue with this public service than to just shut it down completely. Here is the Journalist organization in the UK responding:
"The government has cited a significant data protection breach as the reason for its decision - an issue it clearly has a duty to take seriously."
https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-responds-to-order-for-the-deletion-of-large-court-reporting-archive.html https://www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-responds-to-order-for-th...
- jacquesm 8mo agoThat's the dumbest possible response to this.
- pjc50 8mo agoPer the Minister herself, this matter wasn't important enough to refer to the ICO, who are the correct people to deal with data breaches.
- RobotToaster 8mo agoI've had to deal with the ICO over some pretty minor local government stuff, the bar for reporting to them is very low. I smell a coverup.
- hulitu 8mo ago> but it would seem better to fix the issue They don't have a budget for that. And besides, it might be an externalized service, because self hosting is so 90s.
- masfuerte 8mo agoIt wasn't a hack. The company used an external AI service. ETA: They didn't ship data off to e.g. ChatGPT. They hired a subcontractor to build them a secure AI service. Details in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035141 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035141 leading to this: https://endaleahy.substack.com/p/what-the-minister-said https://endaleahy.substack.com/p/what-the-minister-said The government is behaving disgracefully.