An article relating to this blog post on Finextra:
UK's Revenue and Customs loses 25 million customer records
Computer discs containing the confidential information - including bank account details - of all 25 million child benefit recipients in the UK has been lost by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
See article
Given that much of my time spent in conversations around metadata leakage being someone else's fault / responsibility, it was fascinating to watch the Chancellor's performance in the House this afternoon. That smoking gun certainly has a lot of fingerprints
on it.
Mind you, today's news will certainly raise the profile of Information Leak Prevention, and help overcome a few objections to solutions that help enforce the Company policy. There's nothing like the threat of losing your job.....