MTAS and other NHS websites

[ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk]

I've only just stumbled across the list. I am a doctor and a =20
shortlister/interviewer in the present MTAS recruitment round.

The /info folder on MTAS had previously contained a series of useful =20
files, including some of the rules for carrying out interviews, =20
competition ratios etc. It was a virtual directory listing, and new =20
files were added to it periodically. It was clearly intended as a way =20
for Deanery and other staff to keep up to date with current =20
information. Someone presumably uploaded some highly confidential data =20
into this folder. A handful of people would have seen it. Unluckily =20
for MTAS, one of those people was Channel 4 News.

This was really only a minor breach of security, an act of stupidity, =20
although maybe symptomatic of a general attitude.

What is more worrying is why the site has remained off-line for so =20
long. There are two rumours going around the medical world. One theory =20
is that the data has been significantly corrupted or damaged. The =20
second theory is that the data has been sabotaged. These theories are =20
not mutually exclusive.

I guess there must also be some fairly heated correspondence going on =20
between the DoH and the IT contractors.


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