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Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Each file is protected by a low-level seven-digit alphanumeric password. The transfer sets a precedent for procedure that would be followed ahead of the October data loss with data sent... [26 Jun 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. Malcolm Wicks, business, enterprise and regulatory reform minister, told Parliament that... [18 Jun 2008]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News The email said: "I do not need address, bank or parent details in the download - are these removable to make the file smaller? The first email exchange relates to the NAO's request for National Insurance numbers from the... [23 Nov 2007]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News There was also shock that the post was used to transfer the data, rather than a secure digital method of file transfer. To me, that smacks of a systematic disregard of Data... [22 Nov 2007]
Judge calls for "universal" national DNA database
News It means that everybody, guilty or innocent, should expect their DNA to be on file for the absolutely rigorously restricted purpose of crime detection and prevention. There are some immense practical issues as well as... [05 Sep 2007]
Web security breach exposes 54,000 card details
News The security exercise found an encrypted file containing names, addresses, and credit and debit card numbers had been mistakenly placed on an insecure server. An internal investigation also revealed the... [27 Jul 2007]
Is social networking a threat to your security?
News Meanwhile, a quarter of SME staff surveyed said they could not live without P2P file-sharing during their work day and 17 per cent said they use free software download websites at work. In addition, the survey found 15... [23 Jul 2007]
Google vs US gov't: Court date delayed
News Other organisations such as not-for-profit groups, individuals and companies that have permission to file friend-of-the-court briefs have until 24 February to do so. The request is part of the Justice Department's... [03 Feb 2006]
IBM unveils software for real-time data backup
News Continuous data protection backs up only the last changes made to a file, whereas snapshots record the entire file and, as a result, require more storage space,... [26 Aug 2005]
Security: Dreaming of a problem-free PC?
News The OneCare package will also offer automatic computer care tools such as disk defragging and file repair, and scheduled data backup features that will save critical data such as photos... [16 May 2005]
Digital rights management 'could threaten privacy'
News One such example of where data has been collected and then used to track individuals, the report says, is that of file-swappers. The 'working document on data protection... [08 Feb 2005]
Office has "kindergarten crypto mistake"
News In some cases, an attacker may be able to read the contents of an encrypted file, if multiple versions of that file are available to the attacker. The data protection... [21 Jan 2005]
Ballmer email takes on open source
News Red Hat fixes issues which other operating systems wouldn't fix, such as temporary file vulnerabilities," said Cox, adding that the report also failed to take into account the severity of the issues. A vulnerability... [28 Oct 2004]
Turkey cracks down on tax dodgers with new e-gov system
News Because salaried workers don't file tax returns, online filing will affect most directly the three million people who account for the 75 million transactions processed by the office each year. Security on the... [05 Jul 2004]
Data protection finds its way to Dell storage
News The software works with Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle databases and NetWare environments and is capable of recovering individual email messages, attachments and attributes, files and file groups, Dell... [17 May 2004]
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