Serious BMTC Accidentally Post Recruits' NRIC With Photos! Honest Mistake Says CO!

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE: The NRIC numbers of the latest batch of graduating National Service (NS) recruits were mistakenly published on Facebook for almost a day before the Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) realised the "oversight" and removed the information.

In a letter to the TODAY newspaper's Voices page on Thursday (Mar 16), BMTC commander Colonel Desmond Yeo explained that the centre uploads portraits of NS recruits online so that they can share them with their family and friends.

Previously, the photos were labelled manually using information such as the recruits’ platoon, section and bed numbers.

However, for the most recent graduating cohort, the names of the files were auto-generated by scanning the recruits’ Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) identity cards to speed up the process.

This resulted in the portraits being labelled by NRIC numbers. No other personal data was released, Col Yeo said.

A reader, Mr Darryl Lo, had flagged the incident in an earlier letter to Voices. The photos were published on BMTC's Facebook page at about 10pm last Saturday with a Google Drive document link with the recruits' NRIC numbers and photos, he said.

Col Yeo said BMTC immediately removed the link to the portraits by noon the day after the photos were posted when they realised what had happened. It is reviewing its procedures to prevent a similar recurrence, he added.

"BMTC recognises that making available our recruits’ portraits, labelled together with their NRIC numbers on a platform accessible to the general public, was an oversight. We apologise for the mistake."

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...ted-online-due-to-oversight-bmtc/3599792.html

 

[halsey02]

wikileaks must be proud of him...ha ha ha

 

[Bonut]

When will some Colonel accidentally publish Temasick accounts on Facebook ？

 

[ramai]

SAF admin is infamous for its inefficiency and it has reared its ugly head in this particular incident.

 

[halsey02]

SAF admin is infamous for its inefficiency and it has reared its ugly head in this particular incident.

My personal docket is missing in action & still is missing in action...this was before the computer era....

 

[red amoeba]

I am not complaining the system cock up n I haven't been called up for NS. It's been five years.

 

[bodycells]

How come no fine and punishment for the SAF?

 

[toothpick]

Its an honest mistake so lets just move on.

 

[MyMother]

This is unacceptable!

 

[kkbutterfly]

the NS have full of immature young ah bengs who don't work seriously during their 2 years

 

[Cottonmouth]

When is Col Yeo accidentally posting his mother's naked pictures out???

Fucking useless imbecile.

 

[GoldenDragon]

This is unacceptable!

Where is NEH?

 

[ginfreely]

Where is NEH?

Shame on you a retired policeman to say this. You must be scroobal.

 

[krafty]

SINGAPORE: The NRIC numbers of the latest batch of graduating National Service (NS) recruits were mistakenly published on Facebook for almost a day before the Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) realised the "oversight" and removed the information.

In a letter to the TODAY newspaper's Voices page on Thursday (Mar 16), BMTC commander Colonel Desmond Yeo explained that the centre uploads portraits of NS recruits online so that they can share them with their family and friends.

Previously, the photos were labelled manually using information such as the recruits’ platoon, section and bed numbers.

However, for the most recent graduating cohort, the names of the files were auto-generated by scanning the recruits’ Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) identity cards to speed up the process.

This resulted in the portraits being labelled by NRIC numbers. No other personal data was released, Col Yeo said.

A reader, Mr Darryl Lo, had flagged the incident in an earlier letter to Voices. The photos were published on BMTC's Facebook page at about 10pm last Saturday with a Google Drive document link with the recruits' NRIC numbers and photos, he said.

Col Yeo said BMTC immediately removed the link to the portraits by noon the day after the photos were posted when they realised what had happened. It is reviewing its procedures to prevent a similar recurrence, he added.

"BMTC recognises that making available our recruits’ portraits, labelled together with their NRIC numbers on a platform accessible to the general public, was an oversight. We apologise for the mistake."

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...ted-online-due-to-oversight-bmtc/3599792.html

what's there to see? chao recruit particulars... if the siao char bors from sph and mediacock kanna leak, i will be very interested...

 

[eatshitndie]

what's there to see? chao recruit particulars... if the siao char bors from sph and mediacock kanna leak, i will be very interested...

please lah. go means go. how cum still here?

 

[krafty]

please lah. go means go. how cum still here?

dun like that lah, i feel like a star here..

 

[congo9]

When will some Colonel accidentally publish Temasick accounts on Facebook ？

They will you know accidentally.

 

[AhNehs]

Where is NEH?

Looking for me? Or for Ng Eng Hen?

 

[halsey02]

How come no fine and punishment for the SAF?

How come this serious breach of National Security, the $8Cow did not request for the C.O. to come clean & commit harakiri. Over a trivial matters, he insist that the opposition's come clean or commit harakiri. This is a serious breach of security, the C.O. must be sacked, shamed & convene a military court...

 

[aerobwala]

Dont need lar, he is retiring soon.

This is a serious breach of security, the C.O. must be sacked, shamed & convene a military court...