Goverment dept expose 25m people to Identity Fraud

Major blunder by the revenue and customs department in the UK; with 2 discs containing details of every person who claims child benefit going Missing in transit!

Details of 25 MILLION people have gone missing rolleyes

The information consists of Parents/Guardians/Carers personal details; name,address,DOB,phone,employment and full banking details.

The government knew that the 2 discs went missing 9 or 10 days ago and the police were informed. But not us, the people that it affects.:mad

The banks advice to anyone affected is not to contact them, but just to watch out for any unusual activity!!

The story is here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7104840.stm

 

Heheh.... Sounds like the Good Ol' US of A

Things like that seem to happen here all the time.

Hope you don't get any bad fallout there G....


~C

 

This sort of thing is par for the course, Grumbles. There will be no-one found accountable and in two months the whole issue will be forgotten. Unless of course, either political party feels they have something to gain from keeping it alive. In the word of the old "Police" song "Every step you take, Every move you make, Every vow you break, I'll be watching you" The government knew the details already. Any third rate hacker could have got them with a bit of effort. How big a deal is it?

 

Not all that unusual. Had an incident a while back over here, where a storeroom full of highly sensitive Social Security documents were found - unshredded, and in plain text, for anyone to read. Seen classified military documents just on the dump. The complacency and lack of security of large companies and Govt. agencies never ceases to appal me.

 

I read recently some laptops were stolen that may contain personal data on thousands of US Military personnel dating from the 1970's up to the present . . .

Sheesh.

 

For non-UK people......a national insurance number is the same as having somene gain access to your social security number....

Personally I see the humorous side of this, but that's a whole different story in itself

MISSING DATA INCLUDES...
National insurance number
Name, address and birth date
Partner's details
Names, sex and age of children
Bank/savings account details

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/inline_dashed_line.gif

 

Just curious, what's humorous?

 

Maybe its because I know Lev well, but I didn't take her comment as such, just that she saw an amusing side to all of this. Lev is not one to be malicious, and to jump to such conclusions...