Disclosure

Earlier this year I notified The Apperta Foundation - an NHS funded technology spin-out - that they had spilled usernames, passwords, and financial data on the internet. This is not, however, a post to recount subsequent events. I made a site just for that, and tweeted and posted updates to the Go Fund Me as things happened. Today I’m posting about just how punishing this has been for me, to my mental health, to my significant relationships....

How it started Late February I discovered a public repository on github with a similar name to an Organisation I follow. Intrigued, I forked the repo and cloned it. I took a look at the git log. There were approximately 2 years of commits from three authors to two branches (master and ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️). Although I didn’t recognise the github user that published the repo, the email address of the Authors were familiar....