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UK.gov leaves data dashboard users’ details on publicly accessible site

You should probably reset your password, says GDS

 

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By Rebecca Hill 29 Jun 2017
 

Users of the UK government’s data dashboard have been asked to change their passwords after their information was made public.

 

According to an email seen by The Register, a file containing the names, emails and hashed passwords for the data.gov.uk site was left on a third-party system.

 

“A recent routine security review discovered a file containing some users’ names, emails and hashed passwords was publicly accessible on a third-party system,” the email from the Government Digital Service stated.

 

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