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‘Obscurity not security’: Government accused of overreach in Medicare ‘hack’ response

Tech experts argue that the Medicare statistics portal’s code was set up to send data to anyone who requested files, including data that wasn’t promoted.

Reported by Sydney Morning Herald
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Sydney Morning Herald‘Obscurity not security’: Government accused of overreach in Medicare ‘hack’ responseThe Age‘Obscurity not security’: Government accused of overreach in Medicare ‘hack’ responseSydney Morning Herald‘Obscurity not security’: Government accused of overreach in Medicare ‘hack’ responseThe Age‘Obscurity not security’: Government accused of overreach in Medicare ‘hack’ response
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Signal first indexedP1 · 68% quality · 1 source

Corroboration 1→3 sources · quality 68→84P1 · 84% quality · 3 sources

Corroboration 3→4 sources · quality 84→96P1 · 96% quality · 4 sources

Quality 96→99P1 · 99% quality · 4 sources

Corroboration 4→3 sourcesP1 · 99% quality · 3 sources

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