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HMRC breach would have been avoided for just £15,000

Richard Thurston July 03, 2008

The catastrophic loss of information of 25 million UK citizens last year would have been avoided if Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs had spent a maximum of £15,000 on the extraction of data, but it turned down this expenditure because information security was such a low priority, one of the breach investigators revealed today
 

Data watchdog admits to deluge of Central Government breach info

Richard Thurston July 03, 2008

The Information Commmissioner's Office has revealed it has been voluntarily informed of a huge number of security breaches - mostly in Westminster - while it eyes up plans for a new law which could make the reporting of such incidents compulsory
 

Poynter Review, IPCC severely criticise HMRC over data breach

Richard Thurston June 25, 2008

Two separate reports into the data leakage of 25 million records from Revenue & Customs last year have widely condemned data security procedures in the Government department
 

Scotland loses details of nearly one million 999 calls

Richard Thurston June 24, 2008

Parcel courier TNT has lost a disk containing extensive details of emergency calls made in Scotland over the last two years
 

Private investigators fined by magistrates after conning BT for information

Richard Thurston June 23, 2008

Two private detectives have been fined by a London court after blagging information on the partner of a man wanted for a debt to their client
 

Coffee drinkers in peril after espresso overspill attack

Richard Thurston June 19, 2008

A geeky risk advisory manager from global accountancy firm BDO has hacked into a leading coffee machine, causing it to pour scalding water onto unsuspecting espresso lovers
 

Government suspends civil servant over al-Qaeda document leak

Richard Thurston June 12, 2008

A Cabinet Office employee who left top secret documents regarding Iraq and Al-Qaeda on a busy London commuter train has been suspended; police are investigating
 

Deutsche Telekom to investigate alleged monitoring of phone calls

Richard Thurston May 28, 2008

Germany's incumbent telecoms operator has hired a law firm to examine allegations that it monitored calls between its employees, shareholders and journalists to ascertain the source of information leaks
 

Auditors unearth weak IT security at SocGen

Richard Thurston May 27, 2008

The bank which was hit by a £3.9bn trading fraud harbours widespread weaknesses in its systems and applications, according to an audit released on Friday
 

SonicWALL extends unified threat management line

Richard Thurston May 22, 2008

The security vendor is to offer a UTM appliance to the SME market after it reported sales up nearly a quarter year-on-year
 

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