Election time
Yes, May 3 is fast approaching. Since I’m away from home I decided to do a postal vote and got my papers yesterday. I’m not sure what this election will really mean for us, but I’ve got a pretty strong feeling that SNP will snatch it. And to be honest, why not? Lab/Lib coalition hasn’t been phenomenally great and at Westminster it’s been quite a bit worse (in my opinion). A perfect example of this which is quite close to me is the training system (MTAS) for junior docs which was implemented this year. I mentioned it before when they were marching in Glasgow and since then a lot has gone on to try and sort out the problems.
Yesterday, however, MTAS was back in the spotlight. It seems that, somehow, personal details were available to those who wanted them. These details not only include names but also the sexuality of individuals. I don’t know about anyone else, but I hate getting asked those kind of questions – never mind knowing that anyone else may have found it out! The Department of Health apparently fixed these problems within 30 minutes of being informed.
Today, however, the plot thickened as an anonymous reported:
Any applicant can see ANY correspondence sent by another candidate or from MTAS to another candidate by just going to his inbox and changing the message number displayed in the url.
The story hasn’t made the mainstream news yet and the MTAS website seems to be down for “planned essential maintenance”. Planned my ass.
As a rookie web programmer, I’m astonished at this. I’ll admit security was not my strong point but something like this should never have been released into a system being used by over 30,000 people. Did the programmers know this wasn’t secure? Did they consider any of the possible consequences? Who knows, but I sure would like to see some of the code being used and I’d love to be a fly on the walls in the DoH offices around about now.
Personally, I think heads should roll over this one. Everyone seems to be looking at Patsy and I can’t imagine what she’ll have to say about this. Hell, it took her ages to apologise for the first batch of mayhem she cooked up.
Yes, time Labour was moved out I think, at least Scotland has an election this year.
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