Asher Moses reports that the Pillar Administration coding that left First State Super clients’ account information viewable online by simple url manipulation also affected three other superannuation funds and the federal government is delaying a contact it had with Pillar until its security is assured:
The federal government has been in daily contact with the company responsible for the First State Super security failure and has demanded immediate changes to its systems as the company revealed that three other superanuation funds it administers were also affected…. The federal government ordered an immediate independent IT review of Pillar’s systems and says the $23 million contract won’t begin until “remedial security enhancements” are implemented.
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