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HMRC loses data cartridge that affects 6,548 pensioners

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2007-12-31 23:30:11 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...HMRC Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Countrywide Assured pension customers Number Affected 6,548 Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance numbers*, and pension contributions equivalent to Social Security numbers in US Breach Description A "data cartridge" sent from Countrywide Assured to Her Majesty's...
 
Tags: data, data cartridge, hmrc, lost hmrc cd, prime data, confidential data, hmrc breach, consult hmrc, hmrc encrypts
 
 
 
 
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HMRC data debacle used to bait phishing lure

2008-02-22 15:26:29 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
A phishing attack targeting victims of the HMRC data loss debacle has been spotted on the net
 
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The Breach Blog November Review

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2007-12-04 13:55:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...HMRC) reported two in November alone The breach reported by Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was by far the single largest breach offender in terms of the number of affected individuals. HMRC reported lost discs containing sensitive information belonging to Standard Life pensioners on November 2nd, then followed up with lost discs...
 
Tags: breach, breach report, popular breach type, breach blog month, breach blog, november, security breach, single breach, breach offender
 
 
 
 
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When Too Much Security Means No Security at All

2007-12-24 12:30:19 by Posted By: Paul Proctor, Research VP in IT Leaders - Security and Risk Management
 
...HMRC), the U.K.'s tax and excise agency, acknowledged that it had suffered one of the worst data breaches in history (see "Data Loss Could Have Huge Impact on U.K. Banking Industry" ). The agency had somehow managed to lose the entire national child benefits database, which contains highly confidential information on a staggering 25 million...
 
Tags: policy, security policy guidelines, enterprise security, enterprise security framework, security, enterprise, official hmrc policy, security policy process, effective enterprise security
 
 
 
 
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GE Money and Iron Mountain unable to locate tape

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2008-01-07 14:01:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...HMRC, etc It was checked into their secure facility and never checked out, and a search of their premises and ours has been unable to locate it There is no record of the tape being removed from the facility and we have no indication that your personal information has been or will be used inappropriately We have restored the contents of...
 
Tags: money, sensitive personal information, personal information, iron mountain, breach, hampshire breach notification, information, sensitive consumer information, tape
 
 
 
 
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Can The Gov Be Trusted With Your Personal Data?

2008-06-26 12:44:35 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...HMRC is not alone in such security breaches. A separate report into a stolen laptop containing the details of 600,000 potential recruits revealed similar failings at the Ministry of Defence. In all, four MoD computers had been stolen since 2004 and the report said the MoD was probably in breach of several principles set out in the Data...
 
Tags: loss, data loss scandal, britains, britains tax authority, data protection act, details, child benefit records, mod computers, bank details
 
 
 
 
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Security Briefing: July 2nd

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2008-07-02 13:20:43 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...HMRC goes cap-in-hand to Americans for help with fraud | The Independent Tags: News , Daily Links , Security Blog , Information Security , Security News
 
Tags: encourage internet competition, internet, security news, news, hsbc sites vulnerable, web browsers prevalent, governments top hackers, security pro portal, north america
 
 
 
 
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Why I welcome the Hannigan Report

2008-07-03 18:00:00 by Andrew Moloney in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...HMRC It's a cracking read and one I'd recommend to all insomniacs with an penchant for such topics, but I have to say, I'm actually pretty encouraged by what I read
 
Tags: hannigan report, information security world, government departments, steps, notably, recommend, insomniacs, pan-emea, special
 
 
 
 
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Timing is Everything...

2008-07-07 00:00:00 by Andrew Moloney in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...HMRC (otherwise referred to in the UK as "the taxman"), but a colleague just forwarded me a phishing email he'd just received purporting to be from them, asking him to resubmit his personal details as a "new security measure" While in itself there's nothing particularly big or clever about this attack, it's interesting in that it illustrates...
 
Tags: security measure, attack, personal details, resubmit, time, clever, blog, successful, key
 
 
 
 
 
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