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The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News The taxpayer has been landed with a £473,544 bill for the hunt for the missing HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data discs. The Met has said it will try to recover the full costs from the HMRC for what is thought to be the most expensive lost property... [18 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News More than 30 officials from four HMRC departments and a number of NAO staff played some part in the data loss. Morale is low in HMRC and management needs to focus on engaging with staff. The fragmentation of the 650 computer systems was identified... [26 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up She added the 'data guardians' brought in to shake-up data security at the HMRC did not have power to operate outside of the existing HMRC chain of command and that business unit directors and the HMRC chairman retained ultimate responsibility for... [02 May 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News Kennedy also said the data guardians brought in to shake-up data security at the HMRC did not have power to operate outside of the existing HMRC chain of command and that business unit directors and the HMRC chairman retained ultimate... [01 May 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News Ashenden's speech made reference to several recent high-profile security breaches, including the exposure of 25 million individual's records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in November last year, and the loss of an MoD laptop containing the records... [03 Apr 2008]
Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search
News At the investigation's peak, 47 detectives from the Met's Specialist and Economic Crime Command were charged with searching for the two CDs that went missing in October last year after a junior official at the HMRC sent them unrecorded in the post... [14 Jan 2008]
£20,000 reward for missing Revenue discs
News The government is offering a £20,000 reward to anyone who finds the missing HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) discs containing 25 million child benefit records, after the initial police search failed to find them. [05 Dec 2007]
