The Dutch government has blocked the sale of Solvinity, the company that manages its online services portal DigiD, to the US-based tech giant Kyndryl amid concerns that millions of citizens’ private data could be compromised.

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    6 days ago

    @detren @kungen
    Stunning that anything of this nationwide importance should be anything other than a national asset!
    Same should apply to EVERY essential unique/monopolistic national utility or network (water, electricity, rail, motorway, cable, etc.)

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      5 days ago

      Definitely! After reading the article it’s not THAT bad but it’s still not good. The service is developed and managed by a government company BUT the IT service is outsourced to a private Dutch company that’s owned by a British company. Like what the fuck?