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Title: I do not believe it......
Post by: Nickbat on 20 November 2007, 13:27:48
Confidential details of 15 million child benefit recipients are on computer discs lost by HM Revenue and Customs  :o :o :o :o


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7103566.stm


Hell's teeth. What's going wrong with this country?  >:(
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: STMO123 on 20 November 2007, 13:33:22
Yep. Just heard it on the news >:(

Hands off my slogan :(
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: STMO123 on 20 November 2007, 13:34:56
I'm off to draw all my money (£7.50) out of the bank and stuff it under my matress. Safest option these days.
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Jimbob on 20 November 2007, 13:41:09
what on earth were the details doing on a disk anyway!

they belong purely on the computer, and it's backup, there is NO need to transport them anywhere else!
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 20 November 2007, 13:49:49
Surely the government use Pointsec or similar to scramble thier data.
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Danny on 20 November 2007, 13:53:21
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Confidential details of 15 million child benefit recipients are on computer discs lost by HM Revenue and Customs  :o :o :o :o


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7103566.stm


Hell's teeth. What's going wrong with this country?  >:(

bit too late to ask i think!!
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Jimbob on 20 November 2007, 13:56:28
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Surely the government use Pointsec or similar to scramble thier data.

A system that has great success in denying me access to my own laptop  >:(


Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 20 November 2007, 13:57:56
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Surely the government use Pointsec or similar to scramble thier data.

A system that has great success in denying me access to my own laptop  >:(




Works fine on  mine.......finger trouble Jim?
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Jimbob on 20 November 2007, 14:01:57
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Surely the government use Pointsec or similar to scramble thier data.

A system that has great success in denying me access to my own laptop  >:(




Works fine on  mine.......finger trouble Jim?


To use your favourite word, an 'engineer' issue  ;D

been fine once I was finally set up right.

The 'engineer' in his infite wisdom, instead of creating me a user account, copied his own.
Trouble is engineer accounts expire after 60 days

so 60 days into a new laptop, and access denied :(

Have you ever had to go through the remote reauthentication procedure, read out very long numbers and response codes!

3 times this happened before someone worked out the correct way to fix it.

annoyingly always locked me out when I needed my laptop at 3am to fix a production problem, or was working from home.
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 20 November 2007, 15:04:40
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44250000/jpg/_44250589_paulgray203cr_pa.jpg

 If you were to guess that man's profession, you'd be torn between "taxman" and "exorcist"...
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Tony H on 20 November 2007, 17:28:41
Want to steal someones I.D" pick a card, any card "someone could have fifteen million to choose from :o
Title: Re: I do not believe it......
Post by: Markjay on 21 November 2007, 01:12:41
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Surely the government use Pointsec or similar to scramble thier data.

But still, sending it by post....? This reminds me of days of old, before the Dunblane massacre, when it was possible for sport shooters to order a pistol or revolver by post. All you had to do was send your firearm certificate and a cheque and in return the shop sent you your brand new Glock or S&W by First Class Royal Mail.... sheer madness if you ask me, luckily the Home Office stopped this practice after criminals took advantage of the system (surprise surprise) to obtain firearms.