Some great displays of incompetence by the UK government this week.
Yesterday, Sunak give a preview of their election strategy, they're looking to focus on security:
Prime minister says in speech he will frame Tories as party of the future, while Labour has negative agenda
www.theguardian.com
The speech was against protocol (you're not supposed to do party political speeches using Downing Street.
But anyway, this was followed by this:
Party reportedly copied in more than 300 email addresses in appeal to supporters to sign up for conference
www.theguardian.com
"The Conservative party has referred itself to the data protection watchdog over an alleged data breach after it revealed hundreds of email addresses in a pitch to sign up for its annual conference.
The party’s registration team, urging supporters to complete their applications for conference, reportedly copied in more than 300 addresses in a way that they could be seen by all recipients.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which enforces data protection, suggested the party had failed to use blind carbon copy (BCC) – sending an email to multiple people and wanting to keep addresses private – correctly."
They can't even keep email addresses safe.
This is 4 days after:
One, two, three, four is all you need to pass that door
www.theregister.com
The NCSC still stands by its password guidance of creating a string out of three random words, an idea it may or may not have
swiped from our readers, but it doesn't appear to have been in use when reporters attended the NCSC where foreign secretary David Cameron was delivering an address.
Groves said reporters were told the security code for the doors at the UK's cybersecurity agency was – drum roll please – 1234.
A week after:
MPs will be told of a massive data breach involving the Ministry of Defence later today, targeting service personnel.
news.sky.com
"MPs will be told today of a massive data breach involving the
MoD, targeting service personnel.
...
The cyberattack was on a payroll system with current service personnel and some veterans. It is largely names and bank details that have been exposed.
A month after:
The deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden blames "state-affiliated actors" for the incidents targeting the Electoral Commission and individual MPs. But Tory MPs criticise the "feeble" response to the attacks by the British government.
news.sky.com
"two incidents involved an attack on the Electoral Commission - responsible for overseeing elections and political finance - in 2021, and targeted attacks against China-sceptic MPs."
I'm not sure Sunak is picking a particularly good line of attack here.
www.lbc.co.uk
