[Dataloss] Data on 15m benefits claims 'lost by Customs'

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Courtesy WK and InfoSec News:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/20/ncustoms220.xml

By Emma Henry and agencies
20/11/2007

The head of Revenue & Customs has resigned after his department lost the
details of as many as 15 million child benefit claimants in what is
believed to be one of the world's biggest ID protection failures.

Paul Gray quit ahead of a Commons statement this afternoon by Chancellor
Alistair Darling on "a major operational problem".

It is understood the information was stored on discs, which went missing
in transit and have not yet been recovered. The Metropolitan Police are
investigating

The data includes names, home addresses, dates of birth, National
Insurance numbers and bank details of millions of child benefit
recipients.

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