Insecure ANPR data breach

[otolith]

Sheffield City Council's ANPR system dashboard left wide open and unprotected to the internet.

Should local authorities have these powers if they lack the technical competence to use them securely?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/28/anpr_shef...

[Pothole]

otolith said:

Sheffield City Council's ANPR system dashboard left wide open and unprotected to the internet.

Should local authorities have these powers if they lack the technical competence to use them securely?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/28/anpr_shef...

This has always been my argument against ID cards.

[768]

otolith said:

Should local authorities have these powers if they lack the technical competence to use them securely?

Umm.

No.

[Einion Yrth]

768 said:

otolith said:

Should local authorities have these powers if they lack the technical competence to use them securely?

Umm.

No.

I'd suggest that they shouldn't have those powers, whether or not they lack the technical competence to use them securely.

[pip t]

The mind boggles.

Good job there's no current proposals for a hastily built national database of anything I guess! Oh, wait.....

[Evercross]

Hefty fine coming Sheffield Council's way. GDPR punishes for potential consequences of a lack of security. No need to prove actual loss or that lax security was exploited.

[Einion Yrth]

Evercross said:

Hefty fine coming Sheffield Council's way. GDPR punishes for potential consequences of a lack of security. No need to prove actual loss or that lax security was exploited.

Unfortunately that just ends up penalising Sheffield's council tax payers, the great majority of whom didn't want the system in the first place.

[Agammemnon]

No worries, lessons will be learned & someone might even offer an apology.

We mustn't have a culture of blame therefore best to draw a line under it & move on.

[Police State]

Einion Yrth said:

Evercross said:

Hefty fine coming Sheffield Council's way. GDPR punishes for potential consequences of a lack of security. No need to prove actual loss or that lax security was exploited.

Unfortunately that just ends up penalising Sheffield's council tax payers, the great majority of whom didn't want the system in the first place.

Correct.
Just sack the incompetents for failing to do their job to a required standard.
(assuming there is a required standard...)

[voyds9]

I thought collection of data had to be fair, proportionate and reasonable.

How does tracking every vehicle fall in to those categories.
I further thought if I didn't want my data collecting I could opt out, wonder if they have that facility.