The government made no reasonable effort to conceal the information and put it on a _publicly accessible_ web server. They made the information available to the public whether or not that was their intention. How can any reasonable person conclude that typing in an HTTP url qualifies as an illegal breach?
They've made the information publicly accessible via HTTP, yet react like this when someone then views in. Scary stuff.
I just can't comprehend this at all. To even describe it as a "breach" is inaccurate -- the real headline is "government publishes data they hadn't intended to".
The government made no reasonable effort to conceal the information and put it on a _publicly accessible_ web server. They made the information available to the public whether or not that was their intention. How can any reasonable person conclude that typing in an HTTP url qualifies as an illegal breach?