http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/29/277-breaches By Emma Hughes The Inquirer 29 October 2008 THIS YEAR has not been a good one in terms of data breaches - from the loss of child benefit details to the loss of top secret information on known terrorists. It is almost a year ago since 25 million child benefits records were lost by the HMRC but this is really only the tip of the data loss iceberg - since November 2007 the breach total has risen to 277 unique cases. Speaking at the RSA Conference on data breaches, Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas revealed that the central government has committed 28 breaches, 75 have been found within the NHS and other health services and a whopping 80 within the private sector. Enforcement has already been taken against HMRC, the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Health, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Virgin Media, Skipton Financial Services, Carphone Warehouse, Talk Talk, and Orange. [...] ______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! Visit the InfoSec News Security Bookstore http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Wed Oct 29 2008 - 22:03:21 PDT
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