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IT at fault: Millions pay wrong tax amount
News HMRC admitted its Paye systems had difficulty coping with people who had more than job and said it would move its processing from its 12 regional databases onto one single national database during 2008-09. [02 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Thanks to the HMRC debacle and the ID cards U-turn, the pressing issues surrounding privacy and personal data have made their way to the centre of the political boxing ring. Doing little to dispel the general sense of... [28 Mar 2008]
silicon.com victory in Full Disclosure data campaign
News The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past four months, including the MoD having three laptops stolen containing approximately 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of... [31 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News This happened before the loss of child benefit claimants' personal data by HMRC brought the whole idea of ID cards into question, and 2008 is bound to see more debate on this controversial issue. This was in October, one... [19 Dec 2007]
Stories of the year
News But one of the biggest stories of 2007 - and not just in the tech world - turned up in October when two password-protected CDs containing the records of 25 million child benefit recipients were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a... [14 Dec 2007]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News This month started with an iPhone bang and ended on a data-loss whimper as the UK suffered its largest-ever data breach thanks to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) misplacing 25 million child benefit claimants'... [29 Nov 2007]
HMRC data breach prompts password and PIN changes
News A week after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) admitted it has misplaced the personal records of an estimated 25 million people, it seems not everyone is concerned about the potential implications. It emerged last week that... [29 Nov 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader If there's one lesson to come out of the catastrophic (government's own words) data breach at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) this week, it's surely now is the time for a data breach disclosure law.silicon.com's Full... [22 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News The government has agreed to data security spot checks across all departments by the Information Commissioner following the loss of 25 million records of child benefit recipients by HM Revenue & Customs... [22 Nov 2007]
Fraud-hit tax credits website to remain closed
News The HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) 'e-portal' was targeted by criminals who stole the identities and personal details of almost 13,000 staff at the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and Network Rail and exploited poor... [19 Mar 2007]
Government ID fraud claims - are they all they seem?
News Missing trader VAT fraud totalling £215m a year at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has also been included in the grand total by the Home Office. But a HMRC spokeswoman told silicon.com that the figure was... [02 Feb 2006]
Tax credit fiasco: 8,800 identities stolen
News Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said in his pre-budget report at the end of 2005 that new anti-fraud measures would include HMRC doubling the checks it carries out on new claims for tax credits... [19 Jan 2006]
Criminals make 20,000 false tax credit claims
News Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said in his pre-Budget report at the end of 2005 that new anti-fraud measures would include HMRC doubling the checks it carries out on new claims for tax credits... [16 Jan 2006]
£30m ID fraud takes down tax credit website
News The latest fraud involving innocent staff at the DWP only came to light during compliance checks by HMRC, and MPs have been told the tax credit website has been hit by over £30m of fraudulent claims. HM... [05 Dec 2005]
1,500 civil servants victims of tax credit ID theft
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has been forced to close the tax credit e-portal down while it develops new checks to ensure the system is secure. The fraud came to light during compliance... [02 Dec 2005]
