Fisheries Qld blames bad update for password 'fault'

By Ry Crozier on Jan 11, 2019 6:51PM

Allowed fisherman to get into any account.

Fisheries Queensland has blamed a software bug introduced via an update for an incident that left users of its Fishnet Secure portal exposed over the break. The Courier Mail first reported the incident on Wednesday this week, revealing that “fishermen attempting to log in discovered they ...

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