Comments on: #BGas- Bord Gais loses 75000 customer records

By: stephen

stephen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:26:10 +0000

Is there a case for individuals who have recieved a letter confirming they are 1 of the 75,000 affected to sue??

By: Daragh

Daragh — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:34:07 +0000

Keith – you are right. My comments focus on the issue of password protection on files. What you say about password protection on the actual Operating System is a very important point that should be taken in addition to what I have written.

Passwords alone are not an adequate defence.

Joe – incredible yes. Shocking yes. Surprising… unfortunately not.

By: Joe Ryan

Joe Ryan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:10:05 +0000

I find it incredible that a number of laptops can disappear as described and that evidently it was only the threat of an enforcement order by the ODP that forced this out into the open yesterday.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:55:10 +0000

Good rundown of the situation.

One thing though – when Bord Gais say that there was password protection, you’re presuming the best case: that it’s at file level. I presumed that it’s simply a Windows logon password that they’re referring to. In which case, pull the hard disk out, connect it to a different computer and you’ve got the files.