Security Lapses at Aid Agency Leave Beneficiary Data at Risk

Author(s)
Parker, B.
Publication language
English
Date published
27 Nov 2017
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Data, Data security
Organisations
The New Humanitarian
Link
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigations/2017/11/27/security-lapses-aid…

Aid agencies have put some projects on hold while reviewing the security of a popular online system for handling aid distributions, IRIN has learnt. Sensitive personal and financial data on tens of thousands of people in humanitarian aid projects is at risk from hackers, according to a damning security analysis by a financial technology startup.

In a report, Mautinoa Technologies said it identified several security problems in a software platform used by aid agencies to store the data of vulnerable people, exposing them to "very significant risks". The company behind the platform, Red Rose, denies the claims.