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Data on 130,000 criminals lost
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:16:59 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/2601056/Data-on-130000-criminals-lost.html By Robert Winnett and Jon Swaine Telegraph.co.uk August 22, 2008 Confidential information on almost 130,000 prisoners and dangerous criminals has been lost by the Home Office, sparking yet another Government data crisis. The loss of the details, which were stored on an unencypted computer memory stick, has raised fears that the taxpayer may now face a multi-million pound compensation bill from criminals whose safety may have been compromised and police informants who could be at risk of reprisals. The home addresses of some of Britain's most prolific and serious offenders - including those who have committed violent and sexual crimes - are understood to be among the missing data. A full investigation is now underway to find the memory stick . containing information on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales, including some release dates, plus details of 43,000 most serious and persistent offenders . which was descibed as a 'toxic liability' by David Smith, the Deputy Information Commissioner. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/
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