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minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoYeh. Same as if it was a CSV mailing list on an unprotected URL or whatever. The term “data breach” suggests there was security there to be breeched. Maybe it needs a better term?
minus-squareunscholarly_source@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoData leak? In the security field, they categorize it as “information disclosure”… But it doesn’t have the same level of gravitas to it
minus-squaredb2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWe have investigated this unintended information disclosure and have concluded it’s the fault of the users for having information.
minus-squareunscholarly_source@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoCarries the same weight as “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly”. It’s the fault of those little green men in kerbal space program.
Yeh.
Same as if it was a CSV mailing list on an unprotected URL or whatever.
The term “data breach” suggests there was security there to be breeched. Maybe it needs a better term?
Data leak? In the security field, they categorize it as “information disclosure”… But it doesn’t have the same level of gravitas to it
We have investigated this unintended information disclosure and have concluded it’s the fault of the users for having information.
Carries the same weight as “Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly”. It’s the fault of those little green men in kerbal space program.