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(9 years ago)Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said his country and all citizens are at high risk from possible flow of sensitive material and personal data. Lofven added that he regretted why he had not previously been informed of this scandal that had occurred in 2015. Agency [...]
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has said his country and all citizens are at high risk from possible flow of sensitive material and personal data. Lofven added that he regretted why he had not previously been informed of this scandal that occurred in 2015.
The Swedish Transport Agency (STA) launched the new database “outorce” (out of country), and IT service management entrusted private companies as IBM in the Czech Republic and NCR in Serbia, Gizmodo writes.
What happened next has now begun to shine.
The contracting process has accelerated, bypassing domestic laws and procedures”, said Jonas Bjelvevenstam, the new head of the Transport Agency. “So people abroad who have no security certificate dealt with servers containing valid material”.
Although the Czech Republic and Serbia are not enemies of Sweden, these countries had anti-minded positions - The EU, for which their security services may be interested in sensitive data.
Later, in March 2016, available information publicly for vehicles has been provided to selected businessmen who register on a database. But this database also contained the information of thousands of people with protected identities. The Swedish Secret Service has noted the mistake and announced the Transport Agency. But the situation deteriorated by sending e-mails to traders asking them to remove information they were missent to.
IBM Sweden refused to comment on the case. From this company announced that they are never publicly discussing their clients.
Most vehicles on land, air and sea in Sweden have been registered at the Transport Agency and informants have expressed concern that information on vehicles used by the armed and police forces may end up in the wrong hands.
This is a disaster. Sweden and Swedish citizens are at great risk”, Lofven said, adding that the government has launched an investigation into what happened while promising to strengthen laws for sensitive data.
The armed forces have said the situation can be kept under control and that the registration of all key military vehicles is in the hands of the Army. Security police, on the other hand, said the situation was serious, but it can be managed. And the Transport Agency claims that there is no indication that the sensitive material ended up in the wrong hands, it broadcasts Telegrafi.
This scandal opens numerous topics about how Government treats such information. Then, Security Police announced the problem at the end of 2015, but the prime minister understood this at the beginning of this year. Lofven said his Minister of Infrastructure, Anna Johannson, didn't give him that information. Meanwhile, Johansson accuses former state secretaries of not reporting the scandal.
“If I had known earlier”, Prime Minister Lofven said, adding that there is no plan to dismiss any of his ministers. “I have faith in them”
The scandal in Sweden has caused heated debate. Some of the opposition parties have said they do not avoid motion against the government, especially against three ministers. It's about Minister Johansson, Foreign Minister Anders Ygemanu, and Justice Minister Morgan Johannson.
