Master of Transhuman writes "Seems like nobody can keep their data under wraps these days. On the heels of the World Bank piece about massive penetrations of their servers, the British Ministry of Defense has lost a hard drive with the personal details of... ...full story at slashdot
from slashdot on Sat, Oct 11 2008
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UK driver details lost somewhere in America » the register (uk) Transport secretary says data drive unparked Personal details of three million British driving test candidates are currently enjoying an extended fly drive holiday in the US, the transport secretary Ruth Kelly was forced to admit this evening.… |
| 08 Sep 08 |
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Prison officers slam EDS data loss » the register (uk) Prison Data Break, tonight on EDS The latest unfortunate UK government data leak - the escape of details of an estimated 5,000 prison officer and admin staff after private contractor EDS mislaid a sensitive portable hard drive - has sparked a strike... |
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massive data loss bug in leopard (tomkarpik.com) » techmeme massive data loss bug in leopard — Update: The bug occurs regardless of the type of destination being moved to (whether it's local USB, local Firewire, SMB, etc.). Also, I have been informed that this bug goes back all the way to... |
| 14 Oct 08 |
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MoD admits data loss bigger than thought » the register (uk) More people, more details, The MoD has admitted that the hard drive lost by EDS contained more information, on more people than originally believed.… |
| 03 Nov 08 |
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In UK, 12M Taxpayers Lost With USB Stick » slashdot An anonymous reader tips a piece from the UK's Daily Mail that recounts another sad tale of the careless loss of massive amounts of private user data. "Ministers have been forced to order an emergency shutdown of a key Government computer system to... |
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