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Personal data from the GGD’s two largest coronavirus systems, including addresses, telephone numbers and BSN numbers, have been illegally traded for millions of euros. Two suspects have been arrested for selling this information.
Data from the CoronIT system, including private information of Dutch people who have taken the corona test, and the HPzone Light system, which contains source and contact details, have become products in this illegal trade, reports RTL Nieuws.
The data could be misused for identity fraud, phishing and stalking. “The trade in this data is deeply shocking,” says Professor of ICT & Law Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius of Radboud University. “There are also medical data in the systems, [so] it is extra important to protect this properly.”
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Imagine getting a coronavirus-test and finding out later that some fucker has stolen your identity. Big blow to the already fragile anti-coronavirus strategy in the Netherlands.
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