2fa does not provide any protection for this. This wasn't a hack or compromise of an account. It was the personal information of their supporters put up on the public web available to anyone and everyone.
As a Network and System Administrator in the healthcare field I am taken aback by what appears to be FVC's laze-fair response.
Note that although my information was a part of this, this doesn't really affect myself. The information published is already publicly available in a number of places online. I have also publicly stated my support for the work of Fair Vote Canada. But that is privileges I enjoy. There are many people for whom having this information leaked would be problematic and potentially dangerous.
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drewaustin@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
It’s really sad that we had to learn of the breach from haveibeenpwned and not from FairVote Canada themselves.
Really bad form on their part.
AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
We have to keep careful as the powerful few would take advantage of this breach in an attempt to manipulate the proponents.
drewaustin@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Having powerful enemies isn’t an excuse for your own bad behaviour with the private information of your supporters.
Sunshine@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
I’m not involved with this situation. I often use 2fa.
drewaustin@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
2fa does not provide any protection for this. This wasn't a hack or compromise of an account. It was the personal information of their supporters put up on the public web available to anyone and everyone.
As a Network and System Administrator in the healthcare field I am taken aback by what appears to be FVC's laze-fair response.
Note that although my information was a part of this, this doesn't really affect myself. The information published is already publicly available in a number of places online. I have also publicly stated my support for the work of Fair Vote Canada. But that is privileges I enjoy. There are many people for whom having this information leaked would be problematic and potentially dangerous.
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Too bad that's less than half as many as they should have sent.
drewaustin@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
Agreed, if they don’t know who they should contact, they can just check the dark web.