HM Revenue and Customs laptop theft puts personal data at risk

by Julian Prokaza
on Tue 09 Oct 2007 Comment

Laptop thiefThe personal data of hundreds of people runs the risk of being exposed following the left of a laptop from an HM Revenue and Customs worker, according to BBC News.

The laptop, used by a staff member for tax auditing, was stolen from the boot of an HMRC car last month. HMRC has apologised for the breach and stated that the data on the laptop had been stored securely - which is surprising (although fortunate), considering other high profile laptop thefts.

An HMRC spokesman said: that information was stored on the laptop using "a complex password and top level encryption".

[ BBC News]

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