15m bank details lost!!

[panther]

what about a full facial scan, ya cant fake a head
but the trouble is with that what happens when ya get old

[MargaretR]

Perhaps using DNA will solve it ......eventually

PS perhaps tills marked 'spit here' wouldn't be acceptable

[Mick]

A bit more info check out these links

Hacker could crack lost CDs' code in seconds - Telegraph

Junior civil servant faces sack over data fiasco - Telegraph

Timeline: Breaches and missed warnings - Telegraph

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by mick

A bit more info check out these links

Hacker could crack lost CDs' code in seconds - Telegraph

I am glad I am not getting Child Benefit --- had a problem recently with a fraud attempt on my credit card despite my meticulous attempts at card security

[BERNADETTE]

That makes frightening reading!!

[MargaretR]

This could see the end to Brown's government.
I am a socialist but don't like him --- bet Cherie is having a good chuckle

[panther]

now if they had kept all the child benefit books we wont be having this problem!

[emamum]

the problem with the books was that they were kept in your hand bag, which made them easy to lose or steal and signitures are easy forge (this happened to me)

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by panther

now if they had kept all the child benefit books we wont be having this problem!

All the Benefit books were subject to massive fraud by forgery.
This system would be safer IF THEY TAKE PROPER PRECAUTIONS

[West Ender]

Originally Posted by Stanaccy

I was wondering how an AO or EO or even HEO or Search Engine Optimization could have copied all those details over.

Basically it is a shambles and I would hope the guilty people (as it isn't just one person) are punished properly for it.

(I have been downgraded in the last 2 weeks for leaving my access card in a broken drawer )

It was never really credible that someone of low grade would have copied the files without authority because the request wouldn't just have gone into the CBO as an ordinary piece of post. Any such request would be emailed to the director in charge of operations who would cascade it down. They are now saying the "junior official" mailed it incorrectly - so it's all his fault. Any director worth his/her salary would have given precise instructions how such sensitive material was to be sent. Poor Joe Bloggs was obviously told simply, "When you've done it, send them to NAO".

How could they downgrade you, Stanaccy? I've heard of various disciplinary actions but downgrading was never an option, were you on temporary promotion?

[Stanaccy]

No West Ender I wasn't, it's a long story but there is a distinct aroma of victimisation on this.

(I'm a TU rep and recently won somebody reinstatement at a CSAB.)

there is more but obviously I have appealed.


The one thing about this fiasco that has surprised me is the CEO has bitten the bullet. I expect the scapegoat to be sacked, but the person who gave the original order will probably slip sideways and end up with a nice pension and no recriminations.

[mallard]

I do agree what margaret say,and for what they have done with other things i dont think they will get in again.

[Stanleymad]

Its emerged 6 more discs of sensitive data have been lost too

BBC NEWS | Politics | Six more data discs 'are missing'

Gets worrying by the minute

[Bonnyboy]

Originally Posted by Stanleymad

Its emerged 6 more discs of sensitive data have been lost too

BBC NEWS | Politics | Six more data discs 'are missing'

Gets worrying by the minute

Think this is just the tip of a huge iceberg myself...surprising what turns up once the surface has been scratched

[Stanleymad]

Dont think this gov will last long at all, absolutely pathetic & not surprising with all the cuts backs & highly paid bigwig wasters, god i'll give me details to a master crim - cut out the middle man/gov eh

Not only child benefit now tax credits...what next other benefits, NI etc