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Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News The IPCC was looking into events leading up to the loss of data and considering whether any criminal conduct or disciplinary offences had been committed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) staff. Problems of... [26 Jun 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Timeline of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data losses The files are compressed as zip files, providing low-grade encryption. The transfer sets a precedent for procedure that would be followed ahead of... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is taking enforcement action against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for breaching the Data Protection Act.... [25 Jun 2008]
UK hit by 100 data breaches in six months
News Organisations continue to lose sensitive personal data - despite high profile cases such as the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach, and the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has warned chief... [22 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: No more than normal
News HM Revenue & Customs' loss of 25 million details of people claiming and receiving child benefit was the catalyst for a surge of data-loss reports, an ICO spokesperson told silicon.com sister site... [18 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue &... [04 Feb 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue... [22 Jan 2008]
Should data loss be made a criminal offence?
News But the report is splitting opinion among senior figures in the IT industry, with disagreement over whether the government should resort to legislation in an attempt to prevent future incidents similar to the HM Revenue &... [04 Jan 2008]
Gov't not trusted with public data
News The majority of UK citizens do not trust the government with their data following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach, according to security vendor Symantec. Encryption will definitely help but there... [14 Dec 2007]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News After losing an unencrypted CD containing the personal pension details of 15,000 people, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) went on to lose the details of 25 million child benefit recipients after two password-protected CDs... [13 Dec 2007]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Encryption has been back in the spotlight following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach that led to two CDs containing unencrypted records of 25 million people on the child benefit database getting lost... [07 Dec 2007]
UK businesses shunning encryption tech?
News Despite the lack of encryption, UK IT managers claim their corporate data is safe and almost two-thirds (65 per cent) said the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach will not change... [03 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... [29 Nov 2007]
Lost Revenue CDs 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'
News The two lost HM Revenue & Customs CDs containing the personal and financial details of 25 million people could be worth £1.5bn to criminals. Cable also slammed the failure to use... [29 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet Although there are no data breach notification laws in the UK at the moment, HM Revenue & Customs is probably kicking itself over not encrypting the two CDs containing the details of 25 million child benefit recipients... [28 Nov 2007]
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