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Lost data total nears 30 million records
News February 2008: A laptop bought on eBay is found to originate from the Home Office and arrives containing an encrypted data disc from the government department. In the last 12 months a series of data security lapses have... [30 Sep 2008]
Ambulance service loses 999 details
News The Scottish Ambulance Service has lost a disc containing the encrypted 999 call details of almost one million people. The disc was reported lost last week by courier TNT, and had been mislaid earlier... [25 Jun 2008]
Sun unveils JavaFX for rich web apps
News Every Blu-ray disc player - the consumer and industry standard for high-definition content delivery - includes Java technology. Sun officially started its JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco this week with a... [08 May 2008]
Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive
News For some time now, computer makers have been selling machines with an XP recovery disc as a downgrade option. Lenovo, for example, plans to keep offering an XP recovery disc with some Vista models... [28 Apr 2008]
Thieves foiled by 'phone home' computers
News The most effective type of tracking software is buried within the bios of a computer's motherboard during manufacture, making it resistant to hard disc wiping or removal. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to... [14 Apr 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News The disc went missing about four weeks ago after being sent from the group's offices to a reinsurer through an external courier. There is also no indication it has been stolen and the disc is password... [07 Apr 2008]
Driver agency plugs data leaks
News The government revealed the wide ranging reform of information protection procedures that have been brought in to prevent a repeat of the loss of a hard disc by US contractor Pearson Driving Assessments in May last year. [28 Mar 2008]
Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay
News The Home Office is investigating the apparent sale of one of its laptops, along with an encrypted data disc, on eBay. The technicians at the repair centre, at Leapfrog Computers in Westhoughton, subsequently found an... [29 Feb 2008]
Illegal file-sharing: Gov't says enough is enough
News Almost half of respondents (45 per cent) admitted to buying illegal discs, while 18 per cent said they've offered a pirate disc to someone else. The government has unveiled plans to tackle illegal file sharing along with... [22 Feb 2008]
Microsoft backtracks on Vista SP1 update
News When advised by an anonymous contributor that they could have used System Restore on their Vista installation disc, the Vista Ultimate user replied that they had purchased and downloaded their copy of Vista from the... [21 Feb 2008]
Vista-XP downgrade software launched
News Computer giant Dell also offers customers the choice to downgrade to XP, with its Dell XP Pro install disc. The Japanese computer supplier NEC has officially launched a product to let network administrators downgrade... [06 Feb 2008]
Hillary Clinton talks tech
News Would you support changing the DMCA to permit Americans to make a single backup copy of a DVD, Blu-ray Disc DVD, HD DVD, or video game disc they have legally purchased? Iraq, immigration, taxes and... [03 Jan 2008]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News The idea that someone could burn a disc of the whole child benefit database and had the capability, the access and the authority to do so "raises questions", said Bamford. They should have had access controls and... [23 Nov 2007]
How did 25 million records get 'lost in the post'?
News SNP MP Stewart Hosie asked the Chancellor: "I am most concerned about the system failure, including as regards the implementation of guidelines, which allowed a junior official to copy the entire child benefit database on to a... [21 Nov 2007]
Pensions details on lost CD not encrypted
News A lost compact disc containing the personal pension details of 15,000 people was not encrypted. However, the courier lost the disc, which was not encrypted, an HMRC spokesperson silicon.com siter... [07 Nov 2007]
