As the Swedish government struggles to contain a serious data leak, what is more serious, the unauthorised handling of confidential information or the leak of the sensitive data and the political fallout?
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Sweden’s government has sought urgent assurances on data security from national agencies including the health, education and pensions services after a huge leak of private and sensitive information that has cost two ministers their jobs. Amid reports by the Dagens Nyheter newspaper that confidential medical details were being handled by unscreened IT workers in Romania, the national broadcaster SVT said data outsourcing arrangements at six state agencies were being checked.
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