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DHB sends private records to Herald
Auckland District Health Board staff have blundered by sending a journalist an envelope filled with personal information and are now apologising to the people involved.
Govt fighting fires on several fronts
There will undoubtedly be some gardening leave on offer soon at the Ministry of Social Development, writes political commentator Bryce Edwards.
Commissioner: Govt must repair damage
The State Services Commissioner says the Winz security failure has breached any trust Kiwis had in the Govt and has ordered a review of publicly-accessible systems.
Breach finder criticised
The Prime Minister has taken a swipe at the person who was first to discover a major security flaw in Work and Income's self-service kiosks.
Key on Winz privacy breach
Prime Minister John Key has called for a full review following the privacy breach at Winz, where sensitive files were found on publicly accessed self-service computers in two of Wellington's Winz branches.
Winz breach: Key calls for full review
Prime Minister John Key has called for a Government-wide review of online information after the Government's largest security breach.
Blogger unlikely to be prosecuted
A barrister in privacy law says it is unlikely Keith Ng will face legal action for publishing the fact he'd seen a security gap in WINZ computer systems.
Winz alerted to breach last year
'I sent through an email from work to head office to let them know that this problem existed,' a beneficiary advocate says.
GP visits hunger strike man
A Far North GP says many of his patients have been just as desperate as hunger striker Sam Kuha.
Nats starting to look 'plain nasty'
Toby Manhire says slash a parent's benefit and you hurt their children - children who, chances are, already have it extremely tough. To argue otherwise is fantasyland.
$78b for a lifetime of benefits - report
A new report shows all people who were receiving a benefit from June last year would cost a total of $78 billion over their life-times if they stayed on a benefit.