An Alberta legislature member charged in a computer hacking investigation has pleaded guilty to a charge under the Health Information Act.
Thomas Dang entered the plea in provincial court Friday, a spokesman for Dang confirmed in a statement.Dang sits as an Independent member representing Edmonton-South and does not plan to seek re-election in the spring 2023 vote. He is a former member of the NDP caucus but left almost a year ago when the RCMP began investigating a hack of Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine website.
Dang later admitted to using his computer to follow up on a tip from a constituent about possible loopholes that were allowing access to people’s private health information on the website. He later said that when he ran into roadblocks trying to breach the vaccination site, he used Premier Jason Kenney’s birth date and vaccination dates, both publicly available, which allowed him to breach the site’s privacy safeguards.
Rather than the lame explanation offered, was he was fishing for vax status and other personal info of UCP rivals that he could leak and weaponize?
He wasn’t an freaking independent when he did it! Seriously this headline couldn’t be more protective of the NDP…this is getting sad!
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Oh, he's just 'an independent' MLA now and not an ex-NDP? Would you extend the same courtesy for an ex-UCP MLA?
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