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The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News 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 inquiry in the UK. The taxpayer has been landed with a £473,544 bill for the hunt for the missing HM Revenue and Customs... [18 Jul 2008]
Government racks up 100 data breaches
News The issue of public data loss became a bigger issue with the HMRC's loss of 25 million people's details on two CDs, which sparked a host of revelations about missing data in government and business. Whitehall has suffered a further 30 data breaches... [24 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News The incident is the latest in a long line of government data breaches, including the loss of 25 million details of child-benefit claimants by HMRC last year. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's... [18 Jun 2008]
HMRC tax credit system: Lost "almost £10bn"
News The Her Majesty's Revenue & Custom's (HMRC) system to give a tax break to families has lost £9.91bn in fraud, error and overpayments to date.silicon.com Financial Services The Liberal Democrats say the quarterly figures released by the HMRC show... [22 May 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 executives to protect staff and customers... [22 Apr 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News The government has suffered many data security breaches over the past five months, including the MoD having three laptops stolen containing approximately 600,000 servicemen's and recruits' details, the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patient... [13 Mar 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment Twenty-five million child benefit records were lost in the post between HMRC and the National Audit Office. Look at the HMRC case, for example. Countless more sensitive files must be lost every day on USB drives when someone downloads accounts... [10 Mar 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News A string of revelations about lost government data followed the HMRC data breach, including the NHS losing hundreds of thousands of patients' records, the DVLA losing three million learner drivers' details and the [29 Feb 2008]
Information Security forum to 'change behaviour'
News These included the HMRC breach, where 25 million personal details were lost, and the TJX breach, where up to 96 million credit-card details were compromised. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [13 Feb 2008]
Tax payer still owed millions by EDS
News In a settlement EDS agreed to pay £71.25m to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over problems with the tax credit computer system it designed. Difficulties with the scheme resulted in HMRC overpaying £6bn in tax credits during the three years... [05 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 01.02.08
Round-Up During yesterday morning and early afternoon, users trying to access the Self Assessment Online section of the HMRC website were confronted with the message 'Online Service Temporarily Unavailable'. It's rare that a week goes without the Round-Up... [01 Feb 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News Taxpayer stung by £2.25m HMRC apology HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people whose records it lost on two CDs and the theft of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing... [30 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up That would be about a month after the hugely embarrassing public announcement about the HMRC child benefit loss. These were also lost. Glad you asked - the MoD has announced it has lost a laptop containing the personal information of about 600,000... [25 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tax man's stamp bill, more lost data, unencrypted laptops…
Comment I trust that this is being absorbed by savings elsewhere in HMRC's operating budget! A simple sum but only part of the true cost: HMRC would have sent about seven million letters to the seven million households involved.m x 32p = £2.25m [24 Jan 2008]
MoD admits to more laptop thefts
News Browne said Sir Edmund would co-operate with the investigation into the loss of 25 million child benefit details by the HMRC. Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox challenged Browne saying the MoD had lost 68 laptops in 2007, 66 in 2006, 40 in 2005 and... [22 Jan 2008]
