[ISN] In wake of anti-Israel hacker attacks, Justice Ministry tightens ID number guidelines

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/in-wake-of-anti-israel-hacker-attacks-justice-ministry-tightens-id-number-guidelines-1.419371

By Oded Yaron
Haaretz Daily Newspaper
18.03.12

Israel's Justice Ministry on Sunday released guidelines forbidding 
unnecessary collection of personal national identification numbers. The 
Authority for Technology and Information Law, a subsidiary of the 
Justice Ministry, decided to release the stricter guidelines as a result 
of attacks by a Saudi hacker and other anti-Israeli hackers. The 
document was posted on the Justice Ministry website, in order to enable 
public feedback.

There have been numerous recent attacks against Israeli websites. As a 
result of these attacks, hackers posted credit card numbers, ID numbers 
and many other details belonging to Israeli citizens on the internet. In 
response, Israeli hackers attacked websites based in Arab countries and 
Iran, and exposed details of citizens of those nations. In addition, 
other websites were crashed by hackers, including the websites for the 
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al, Ynet, and Haaretz, among others.

These incidents occurred because database owners collected personal 
national identification numbers, apparently without need, creating a 
danger of exposure and damage to consumer privacy," read the statement, 
released by the Justice Ministry.

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