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Thumb drive with confidential Yukon gov’t case files found in Whitehorse pawn shop

Posted on October 14, 2022 by Dissent

CBC reports:

The Yukon government, RCMP and the territory’s privacy commissioner are investigating how a thumb drive containing confidential case files belonging to the Health and Social Services department ended up at a Whitehorse pawn shop.

City resident Brian Zink discovered the data after he bought the thumb drive at a pawn shop.

Read more at CBC.

h/t, @fanCRTCProfling

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2 thoughts on “Thumb drive with confidential Yukon gov’t case files found in Whitehorse pawn shop”

  1. Brian zink says:
    October 15, 2022 at 1:50 pm

    Hey this is Brian, i never exchanged money fir the USB’s i was told i could have them after i played guitar in the shop in exchange for my energy and music.

    1. Dissent says:
      October 15, 2022 at 8:06 pm

      Thumbs up to you for turning it in. Were these old files or relatively recent?

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