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Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News Timeline of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data losses Each file is protected by a low-level seven-digit alphanumeric password. It then emerges the data on the replacement discs to be sent out is not password protected. [26 Jun 2008]
Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search
News Scotland Yard will demand HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) foot the record bill for the force's hunt for the missing data discs containing 25 million child benefit records. The password-protected CDs contain the names, addresses, dates of birth and... [14 Jan 2008]
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 were sent unrecorded and... [13 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 their IT spending priorities, according to a survey by Check Point. [03 Dec 2007]
HMRC data breach prompts password and PIN changes
News A week after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) admitted it has misplaced the personal records of an estimated 25 million people, it seems not everyone is concerned about the potential implications. It emerged last week that HMRC has lost two password... [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 that got lost in the post. [28 Nov 2007]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News The news two CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has caused outrage and disbelief among silicon.com readers, many of whom believe it has serious... [22 Nov 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News CDs containing the confidential personal details of 25 million child benefit recipients have been lost by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Two password-protected CDs containing the child benefit information were sent unrecorded and unregistered by a... [20 Nov 2007]
Identity theft: security threats get personal
Comment Dr Neil Barrett, technical director at security consultancy IRM and an expert who has worked on projects with the police, HM Inland Revenue, Customs & Excise and DERA, explained the crime is moving to the online world in two different ways. [13 Nov 2000]
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