MoD encrypts laptops after data losses
News The Ministry of Defence is to protect 20,000 laptops with BeCrypt's Disk Protect Baseline after a number of recent data losses [09 May 2008]
Management group warns CEOs of data-breach risks
News The British-North American Committee and chief executive of ICANN claim business leaders are not taking data breaches seriously enough [08 May 2008]
Over 600 HMRC staff disciplined for data infractions
News HM Customs & Revenue has reprimanded over 600 staff since 2005 for data-protection breaches, including 11 'major' incidents [01 May 2008]
The Russian approach to tackling data breaches
Q&A Kaspersky Lab co-founder Natalya Kaspersky aims to move beyond the consumer antivirus business by helping companies guard against data breaches [29 Apr 2008]
Lords backs amendment to data-loss law
News The House of Lords has supported a change to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it a criminal offence to carelessly release or lose personal data [29 Apr 2008]
Bank of Ireland loses four unencrypted laptops
News The stolen laptops contained sensitive details of around 10,000 customers, including names, addresses, account details and medical records [23 Apr 2008]
UK nears 100 data breaches in six months
News The information commissioner has bemoaned an 'alarming number' of data breaches among private and public bodies over the last six months [23 Apr 2008]
US gov't: Treat personal data 'like toxic waste'
News Computer scientists in the US have advised organisations to be extremely cautious when handling information that can be used to identify individuals [10 Apr 2008]
HSBC admits loss of 370,000 customers' details
News The bank is facing investigation by the FSA after losing a disc containing customer names, dates of birth and insurance-cover levels [07 Apr 2008]
Government admits over 850 laptops lost since 2002
News Numerous government departments have revealed a litany of losses of laptops, mobile phones and PDAs in the last five years [27 Mar 2008]
MoD admits loss of over 11,000 ID cards
News The Ministry of Defence has said little risk is posed by the missing ID cards, lost or stolen over the last two years [14 Mar 2008]
- Why not use these as the ID card testbed? - Yellowcave
Pakistan lifts YouTube ban amid speculation
News The video-sharing website is accessible again in Pakistan, while debate rages about the cause of a two-hour YouTube outage on Sunday [27 Feb 2008]
NHS admits losing thousands of smartcards
News Over 4,000 NHS smartcards have been lost, including 142 stolen, since they were introduced two and a half years ago [07 Feb 2008]
BT: No danger of mass internet outage in UK
News Resilient infrastructure should prevent the UK from experiencing a disruption to internet connectivity similar to the one that hit the Middle East and India [31 Jan 2008]
- BT Resilience? - 55454
- Pity that BT say otherwise ... - pounder_arthur@hotmail.com
Watchdog calls for 'reckless data-breach' offence
News The information commissioner is seeking a change to the law and more inspection and enforcement powers following a wave of high-level data breaches [30 Jan 2008]
Marks & Spencer loses 26,000 staff details
News The retailer may face prosecution by the Information Commissioner's Office after the theft of a laptop containing unencrypted data [25 Jan 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses four CDs of personal data
News The ministry has admitted losing four discs in the post but refused to comment on reports that the data belongs to alleged victims of crime and witnesses [23 Jan 2008]
Browne: MoD lost three unencrypted laptops
News Defence secretary Des Browne has admitted the latest stolen MoD laptop was unencrypted, while two other unencrypted laptops have also been lost [22 Jan 2008]
MoD loses 600,000 personal details
News The Ministry of Defence has lost over half a million personal details of actual and potential employees, including 3,500 bank details [21 Jan 2008]
NHS loses patients' data on USB drive
News Stockport Primary Care Trust has admitted the loss of 4,000 medical and personal details in the latest instance of data loss by the NHS [18 Jan 2008]
