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(update) Missing: 25 million child benefit records
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:31:18 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/digitaldefences/0,3800014341,39169217,00.htm CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). The records contain the names, addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance numbers of the entire HMRC child benefit database, which also includes the bank account details of more than seven million parents, guardians and carers. Two password-protected CDs containing the child benefit information were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a junior HMRC official through courier TNT to the National Audit Office on 18 October but never arrived and have not been found. The missing CDs were not reported to senior HMRC management until 8 November and the Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was then notified on 10 November. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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