Reprise (surprise)

[Cliphead]

Data on 5,000 prison staff lost

A hard drive containing the details of up to 5,000 prison staff has been lost, the government has confirmed.

The names, dates of birth, national insurance numbers and prison service numbers were lost by a private firm EDS as long ago as July 2007.

However, staff only realised the data was missing in July of this year.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw confirmed he has ordered an inquiry into the loss and was trying to establish why he was not told of it by the Prison Service.

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[Cyberman]

Just everything is an embarrassment under this government. Day after day after day another revelation of incompetence. Roll on ID cards !!

[Diver]

Nov 2007: 25m people's child benefit details, held on two discs
Dec 2007: 7,685 Northern Ireland drivers' details
Jan 2008: 600,000 people's details lost on Navy officer's stolen laptop
June 2008: Six laptops holding 20,000 patients' details stolen from hospital
July 2008: MoD reveals 658 laptops stolen in four years

Now Lost prison staff data

I don't know

Anybody else having second thoughts about the long term viability of databases